BEDEVIL Be*dev"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.
2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.
BEDEVILMENT
Be*dev"il*ment, n.
Defn: The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]
BEDEW
Be*dew", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedewed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedewing.]
Defn: To moisten with dew, or as with dew. "Falling tears his face bedew." Dryden.
BEDEWER
Be*dew"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, bedews.
BEDEWY
Be*dew"y, a.