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SUFFICE
suffice, do, answer, serve
(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; âA few words would answerâ; âThis car suits my purpose wellâ; âWill $100 do?â; âA âBâ grade doesnât suffice to get me into medical schoolâ; âNothing else will serveâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
suffice (third-person singular simple present suffices, present participle sufficing, simple past and past participle sufficed)
(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
(transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
To furnish; to supply adequately.
Usage notes
• Commonly used in the phrase suffice it to say.
• Mostly used in modal verb constructions, such as: Half a loaf per day will suffice. This is much more common than the direct form Half a loaf per day suffices.
Synonyms
• (be enough) work, do
Anagrams
• Cuffies, cuffies
Source: Wiktionary
Suf*fice", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sufficed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sufficing.] Etym: [OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire (cf. suffisant, p.pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under + facere to make. See Fact.]
Definition: To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Chaucer. To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice Milton.
Suf*fice", v. t.
1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Spenser. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Deut. iii. 26.
2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [Obs.] The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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