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Pronunciation : Suf*fice"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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 : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Sufficed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sufficing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Suf*fice"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913