单词 | insuffice |
释义 | insufficev. intransitive. To fail to suffice; to be insufficient.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] failc1400 to come short1579 insuffice1847 1847 Ld. G. Bentinck Let. 30 Aug. in B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck (1852) xxiii. 448 She [Ireland] imported three millions sterling worth of breadstuffs, which insufficed to prevent one million, or say half a million, of the people from dying of starvation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1847 |
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