suffice
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
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- 7
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Definition of suffice
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
“For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.”
“To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?”
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verb
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(intransitive)To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
“For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.”
“To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?”
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(transitive)To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
“A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.”
“Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.”
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(archaic)To furnish; to supply adequately.
“During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.”
“The king sufficed his army with food and weapons before the great battle.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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