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  1. 1. v. i. To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To furnish; to supply adequately. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 7. v:100 v. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity Source: ecdict

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