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Suffice

//səˈfaɪs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough. intransitive

    "For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice."

  2. 2
    be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity wordnet
  3. 3
    To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. transitive

    "A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite."

  4. 4
    To furnish; to supply adequately. archaic

    "During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars."

Etymology

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

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