Do we say devil or bedevil

devil 6807 occurrences

The poor hunted devil of a convict aroused his pity.

Too much of talk and of noise there was in it, cursing, and praying, and tormenting; some dancing, some singing, and one writing a letter to a she devil called Lucifer.

To Baldy the word "Devil" had an evil sound, for when he had heard it at Golconda it was generally associated with a kick or a blow.

The female snarl and the male sulk; A garble with an utter in its claws; The male wedlock cautiously approaching a clump of devil-may-care, the female.

Death and the devil.

Death and the devil.

The devil's share.

UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. The devil's steps.

The devil's steps.

The Devil and destiny.

Devil on two sticks.

Bill kills the devil, by Daphne du Maurier.

Commend the devil.

The devil is a woman, by George Challis, pseud.

I smell the devil.

The devil a monk was he.

Speak of the devil.

He began by sending on his big house-boat, dragged by many coolies, to Pampur, a distance of some ten miles by water, and, following himself on horseback by road, instituted a sort of "Devil take the hindmost" race, for which we were not prepared.

When the Almighty was hard at work creating the animals, the devil came and looked on until he became filled with emulation, and begged the Deity to let him try his hand at creation.

So he went away and created a water buffalo, which so disgusted the Creator that the devil was not permitted to make any more experiments.

Next morning Sabz Ali came to me in a towering rage to report that the sweeperthat unclean outcasthad dared to say most opprobrious things to him, being inspired thereto by the devil and apple brandy.

Let us do honor to God and forsake the devil.

"The queen has the devil in her," he used to say; "if she finds a man of the sword who has some mental resources and is a pretty good general, she will make a racket in France and in Europe.

hadwhat the devil did George have?

He affected an absurdly devil-may-care deportment which so stirred Macgregor's sense of pity that he had thoughts of taking back what he had said about the cream cookies.

bedevil 5 occurrences

If our eyes are dimmed, we think it safer to clear them, which do belong to us, than to bedevil, by the light of those very ALREADY DIMMED eyes, the objects round, which do not belong to us.

turn topsy-turvy &c (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle^, embrangle^, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle^, dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c (fold) 258. litter, scatter; mix &c 41. rearrange &c 148.

V. practice sorcery &c n.; cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate &c (influence) 615; taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead.

As she came starry-eyed through the gardens, the impudent wind trifling with her hair, I protest she might have been some lady of Oberon's court stolen out of Elfland to bedevil us poor mortals, with only a moonbeam for the changeable heart of her, and for raiment a violet shadow spirited from the under side of some big, fleecy cloud.

Or is it your comrades on the picket-rope that bedevil you?...

Do we say   devil   or  bedevil