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suf·fice (sə fīs′, -fīz′)

intransitive verb sufficed -·ficed′, sufficing -·fic′·ing

  1. to be enough; be sufficient or adequate
  2. Obsolete to be competent or able

Etymology: ME sufficen < stem of OFr soufire < L sufficere, to provide, suffice < sub-, sub- + facere, to make, do

transitive verb

Archaic to be enough for; meet the needs of; satisfy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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