sufficev. i.[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.)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.()The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail. (Dryden.)