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To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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  1. v. t. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
  2. v. t. To spoil; to corrupt.
  3. v. treat cruelly
  4. v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  5. 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.
  6. v:100 v treat cruelly v be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly