suffice

Verb

Synonyms: do answer serve

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

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”Synonyms: do answer serve

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. t.

1.To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.— Deut. iii. 26.[1913 Webster]

2.To furnish; to supply adequately. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Suffice \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. [1913 Webster]

To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? --Milton. [1913 Webster]