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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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suffice

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Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

suf=fice

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb suffice has 1 sense

suffice(v = verb.stative) answer, do, serve - be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

is one way to fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy

Derived forms noun sufficiency₃, noun sufficiency₂, noun sufficiency₁, adjective sufficient₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
It ----s that CLAUSE

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CIDE DICTIONARY

suffice, v. i. [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?" [1913 Webster]

suffice, v. t.

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." [1913 Webster]
To furnish; to supply adequately. [1913 Webster]
"The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

suffice, v.
1 intr. (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) be enough or adequate (that will suffice for our purpose; suffices to prove it).
2 tr. meet the needs of; satisfy (six sufficed him).

Idiom

suffice it to say I shall content myself with saying.

Etymology

ME f. OF suffire (suffis-) f. L sufficere (as SUB-, facere make)

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THESAURUS

suffice

advantage, answer, avail, be equal to, be handy, be of use, be satisfactory, bear, benefit, bestead, do, do it, do the trick, fill the bill, fulfill, get by, give good returns, go around, hack it, hold, just do, make the grade, meet, meet requirements, pass, pass muster, pay, pay off, profit, qualify, quench, reach, sate, satiate, satisfy, serve, serve the purpose, stand, stand up, stretch, suit, take it, work, yield a profit

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ROGET THESAURUS

suffice

Sufficiency

VB be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish, Adj, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, Adv, sufficiently, amply.