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Webster 1913 Edition
Suffice
Suf-fice′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sufficed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sufficing
.] [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
.] 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
What words or tongue of seraph can
suffice
? Milton.
Suf-fice′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suffice
SUFFICE
,Verb.
I.
To be enough or sufficient; to be equal to the end proposed.
To recount Almighty works
What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?
SUFFICE
,Verb.
T.
Let it suffice thee; speak no more to me of this matter. Deut.3.
Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. John 14. Ruth 2.
1.
To afford; to supply. The pow'r appeas'd, with wind suffic'd the sail. [Not in use.]
Definition 2024
suffice
suffice
English
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 equal to the end proposed; to be adequate; to be good enough.
- Two capsules of fish oil a day suffices.
- Milton
- To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?
- (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
- A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
- 1838, The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)
- Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.
- To furnish; to supply adequately.
Synonyms
- (be enough) work
Related terms
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.
Translations
be enough, sufficient, adequate
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