Sufficing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a.
     Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adv. --
     {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



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