suffice
Use Suffice in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to be enough or adequate for; satisfy.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to be adequate or satisfactory for (something) |
| 2. | (takes a clause as object) suffice it to say that let us say no more than that; I shall just say that |
| [C14: from Old French suffire, from Latin sufficere from sub- below + facere to make] | |
| suf'ficer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
suffice
early 14c., from stem of O.Fr. souffire "be sufficient," from L. sufficere "supply, suffice," from sub "up to" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (late 14c.) is a rare surviving subjunctive.
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Example sentences
Loss of control, and increasing irrelevance, may suffice.
Suffice it to say that science is always evolving and trying to explain more and more about our universe.
But the time when such halfway measures will no longer suffice is rapidly approaching.
Suffice it to say that neither effort yielded a significant return.
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