suffice
[ suh-fahys, -fahyz ]
verb (used without object),suf·ficed, suf·fic·ing.
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
verb (used with object),suf·ficed, suf·fic·ing.
to be enough or adequate for; satisfy.
Origin of suffice
1Other words from suffice
- un·suf·fic·ing, adjective
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How to use suffice in a sentence
We feel in the feeble attempt the unsufficing medium of language.
William Shakespeare as he lived. | Henry CurlingHe stopped short, feeling that the explanation was bald and unsufficing.
House of Torment | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
British Dictionary definitions for suffice
suffice
/ (səˈfaɪs) /
verb
to be adequate or satisfactory for (something)
suffice it to say that (takes a clause as object) let us say no more than that; I shall just say that
Origin of suffice
1C14: from Old French suffire, from Latin sufficere from sub- below + facere to make
Derived forms of suffice
- sufficer, noun
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