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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): [bɪˈdɛvəɫ]
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɛvəl/, /biˈdɛvəl/

動詞

bedevil (三人称単数 現在形 bedevils, 現在分詞 bedeviling または bedevilling, 過去形および過去分詞形 bedeviled または bedevilled)

1. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.

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

   • 1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.

2. To perplex or bewilder.
3. (originally) To possess (someone's mind).

使用する際の注意点

• The spellings bedeviling and bedeviled are preferred in the US, while bedevilling and bedevilled are preferred in the UK. However, the choice of spellings is not universal.

アナグラム

• b'lieved, believ'd, beviled