"bedevil" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: [bɪˈdɛvəɫ] [UK], /bɪˈdɛvəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bedevil.wav [UK] Forms: bedeviled [past], bedeviled [past, participle], bedeviling [present, participle], bedevil [canonical], bedevils [third-person, singular], bedevilled [past], bedevilled [past, participle], bedevilling [present, participle]
Etymology: be- + devil Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|be|devil}} be- + devil Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|bedevil|l}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you bedevil, you harass or cause trouble for someone.
    Sense id: simple-bedevil-en-verb-SkmWmBW5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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