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VERB (1)

1. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
- Example: "A few words would answer"
- Example: "This car suits my purpose well"
- Example: "Will $100 do?"
- Example: "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school";
- Example: "Nothing else will serve"
[syn: suffice, do, answer, serve]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. t.
   1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or
      demands of. --Spenser.
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            Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this
            matter.                               --Deut. iii.
                                                  26.
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   2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [Obs.]
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            The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail.
                                                  --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sufficed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Sufficing.] [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.
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         To recount almighty works,
         What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suffice
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         suffice, do, answer, serve]