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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

bedevil

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation[bɪˈdɛvəɫ]

To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.

In a Sentence

“Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

any bedevilbedevil stillbedevil problems
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Synonyms

tormentconfoundthrowtantalizefrustrateconfuse

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Related Words

discombobulatefuddlebefuddlerag

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