suffice

UK /səˈfʌɪs/ US /səˈfaɪs/
verb 3

Definitions

verb

1

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?

2

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.

3

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.

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