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† ˈsuffisant, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 suffis(c)haunt, -yssaunt, -icant, Sc. -icent, 4–5 -isant, 4–6 -isaunt, 5 -ysa(u)nt, -ischande, -issant, souffis(s)ant, suffissand.
[a. OF. suffisant, soufisant, in Gower -cant (whence also MDu. soff-, suffisant), pr. pple. of suffire to suffice. Cf. sufficient.]
1. = sufficient 1 (with various const.).
a1340Hampole Psalter cxxvi. 2 Bot if oure lord be kepere of oure saulis, all oure besynes is noght suffyssaunt. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 85 Cristis reule were fulli suffisant to alle men. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 365 Loke þat they..han ther-Inne vitaille suffisant But for a day. 1390Gower Conf. I. 153 Me thenketh that this evidence As to this point is sufficant. c1391Chaucer Astrol. Prol. 63 Ther folwith a canon, suffisant to teche..the maner of the wyrkyng of þat same conclusioun. c1400Rom. Rose 5608 Mete and drynke and esy foode..And also suffisaunt clothyng. 1450Hen. VI in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. Var. Coll. IV. 85 There vitailes ben not suffisant to serue them for iij wekes. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1300 Halfe a hate lafe and soule he fande, Þat to a male was suffischande. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 135 Whan they fonde hem in nombre suffisant for to entre in to bataylle. a1500Craft of Deyng in Ratis Raving, etc. 3 Þocht..he had neuer ben schrewyne befor..sa at thare-of he mycht haf suffissand contriscione, he war sauf. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 82 These for our life we holden suffisaunt.
2. Of things (chiefly immaterial): Satisfactory in quality or efficacy; effective.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3874 If it [sc. a bishop's pardon] be noght swa suffishaunt Als þe papes es. c1386Chaucer Wife's T. 54 To seche and leere An answere suffisant [v.rr. sufficia(u)nt, sufficant] in this mateere. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 8 Þat þey leye a suffisaunt wed, or elles fynde suffisaunt borwes of þe broþerhede. 1390Gower Conf. I. 81 Thei..token what thei myhten wynne Of such good as was sufficant. Ibid. 250 The tokne was so sufficant That it ne mihte be forsake. 1455Paston Lett. I. 365 As it apperith by writing suffisaunt.
3. Of persons: = sufficient 3.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2524 Phyllis, Ye be nat suffisaunt to bere the peyne. c1386― Pard. T. 470 That ye mowe haue a suffisant Pardoneer Tassoille yow. c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) iv. xxix. (1859) 61 An vnwyse kyng..lesith his people; but by the wytte of a suffysaunt souerayne, the peple is saued. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 362 Þe worþi prelacie, And vnder hem þe suffissant clergye. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. iii. viii. 184 In his place he wyl leue for hym a suffysaunt man. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. Prol. 1 We ben not couenable ne suffisaunt to telle & recompte soo grete thynges.
4. Of persons: = sufficient 4.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour b j, He sente certayne knyghtes and ladyes of the most suffisaunt of his royamme. 1491Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 374 So that he fyn[d]e suffisaunt suertes therto.
5. = sufficient 6.
Chiefly after L. sufficiens (sibi).
a1340Hampole Psalter xxii. 1 Na thynge sall me want, þat is, in him i sall be sikere and suffisaunt. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. iii. (1868) 70 Þanne may nat rycchesse maken þat a man nis nedy ne þat he be suffisaunt to hym self. 1382Wyclif Prov. xii. 9 Betere is a pore man, and suffisaunt to hymself, than a glorious, and nedi bred. |