Suffice | v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Suffice | v. t. 1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Deut. iii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |