Definitions for: Suffice

[v] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of
seraph can suffice? --Milton.

Suf*fice", v. t.
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.

Synonyms: answer, do, serve

See Also: bridge over, fulfil, fulfill, function, go a long way, go around, keep going, live up to, measure up, qualify, satisfy, tide over

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