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suffice

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"Be enough"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /səˈfaɪs/Part of speech verbSorted ceffisuStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Word origin

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

Used in a sentence

  • “For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.”
  • “To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?”
  • “A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.”

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