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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suffice \Suf*fice"\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, adjective Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adverb -- {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, noun
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