Thesaurus: suffice

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1. v. i. To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.
2. v. t. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
3. v. t. To furnish; to supply adequately.
4. v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
5. 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. 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.
6. To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); tobe equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Chaucer.To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can sufficeMilton.
7. v:100 v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity