sufficev.

Brit.

/səˈfʌɪs/, U.S.

/səˈfaɪs/

Forms: Middle English suffische, Middle English suffich; Middle English sofise, Middle English sofice, Middle English–1500s suffyse, suffyce, Middle English–1600s suffise, Middle English suffis, sufficy, suffys(s, suffes, sofyse, Middle English–1500s suffyze, Middle English–1600s suffize, Middle English– suffice.

Etymology: < Old French suffis-, present stem of suffire < Latin sufficĕre , < suf- = sub- prefix + facere to make, do.

a. intransitive. To be enough, sufficient, or adequate for a purpose or the end in view.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient [verb (intransitive)]

sufficec1340

servea1375

stretchc1374

suffiec1380

reach1446

stake1572

to pass muster1855

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [verb (intransitive)]

sufficec1340

doa1450

servec1475

to go down1608

to pass (muster) in a crowd1711

to get by1897

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 19 I haue tolde þe in þis mater a lyttill as me thynke; noghte affermande þat þis suffisches, ne þat þis es þe sothefastnes in þis mater.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 138 He..the richesse of gold despiseth, And seith that mete and cloth sufficeth.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 28 And þis sufficeþ of þe kuttyng of þe fistule.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 264/2 Yet yf he lacked charite, all hys fayth suffised not.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 65 'Twixt such friends as wee, Few words suffice .

1646 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 133 This shall suffice from..Your Grace's humblest seruant, R. Moray.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 411 What art can then Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict Senteries..?

1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. xviii. 41 To omit other Instances..let this which followeth suffice.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 340 So a seisin at one time would suffice; for the statute said ‘seised at any time’.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 177 Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

†b. Const. to (a person): To be enough for, satisfy the requirements of; = sense 5. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

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suffice1390

servec1405

sufficec1405

do1835

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 61 To us silf sofisen þis cauus.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiv. 8 Schewe to vs the fadir, and it suffisith to vs.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 Qwhat thing myght suffice to þat man, to wham all þe werld will noȝt suffice?

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 5206 Swych ten..Wolde nat suffysen vn-to me At O dyner..To fulfylle myn appetyt.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. j^v Late hyt suffyse to the & to me, that one of vs tweyne be infortunat.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvi. 229 All this suffyseth not to me for I wolde haue parte of y^e seygnory.

c. Const. for in the same sense.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

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suffice1390

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do1835

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 375 Oonly the sighte of hir whom þ^t I serue..Wolde haue suffised right ynogh for me.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cciiii. f. cxxv Why is nat this kyngdom suffycyent for twayne y^t somtyme suffysed for .vii.?

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 426 Short reprimand and exhortation short Suffice for thee.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 Such all the rules, and they suffice for all.

d. Const. for (a thing): To be of sufficient quantity, capacity, or scope for; to provide enough material or accommodation for.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a thing

suffice1393

serve1445

reanswer1598

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 203 Yf hit sufficith nat for a-seth..Mercy..wil make good þe remenant.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xxiii. 151 Suffysid a lytill graue of v^e foote for his Pallis, for his halle, and for his roob.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xx. 10 If the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 18 Not all those Realms cou'd for such Crimes suffice, Were all those Realms the guilty Victor's Prize!

1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 115 The Janissaries by whom they were surrounded sufficed not for their purposes.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 91 The book-shelves did not suffice for his store of old books.

1875 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 3) ii. v. §59. 189 (note) This mode of conceiving the phenomena suffices for physical inquiries.

†e. Const. to: To be adequate or equal to; to avail for. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious for [verb (transitive)]

sufficec1325

satisfy1570

answer1615

c1325 Song of Yesterday 136 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 136 Al þi wit schal be þorw souȝt To more good þen þou may suffise.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 135 Vrþely herte myȝt not suffyse To þe tenþe dole of þo gladnez glade.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 12 I wald fayne set my will, Giff my wyt mycht suffice thartill, To put in wryt a suthfast story.

1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 13 § 1 The graunt of the seid too xv^mes and x^mes doth not suffise nor extende to the behoufull chargis and expencis.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvi He wolde nat that his worde onely shulde suffice to our example of lyueng.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6747 All-þof Ector was on, þat odmony slogh,..Hymselfe might not suffise to þat soume hoge.

f. Const. for with a noun of action or gerund.

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1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 150/2 The somme..wold not suffise for the contentation of the wages.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 19^v Such store of Poultrie..as the doung of them suffised for the manuring of theyr ground.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 20 This may suffice for the silencing of such simpletons.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 627 A lighter harrow..will suffice for covering seed.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 37 The evidence of the most abandoned villains sufficed for their conviction.

g. Const. to with infinitive.

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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 153 Al the world ne may suffise To stanche of Pride the reprise.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cii. 82 The lyuyng peple ne suffysed not to burye the dede bodyes.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 259 (heading) Be mirry and glaid honest and vertewous ffor that suffisis to anger the Invyous.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxvii. §3. 617 The same occasions sufficed also, to procure the deliuerie of Manasses.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 113 To recount Almightie works What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice ..?

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 The world, you gave him, Suffices not to pay the obligation.

1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 259 A very short time would suffice to teach him to read.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xiv. 97 The fog..every trace of which a few minutes sufficed to sweep away.

1883 Manch. Guard. 12 Oct. 5/3 A little thing has sufficed to destroy the balance of a structure that was already tottering.

†h. to suffice to oneself: to be self-sufficient. Obsolete.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] > be self-sufficient

to suffice to oneselfc1475

to shift for oneselfa1513

to work out (one's own) salvation1535

reside1610

to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) feet1621

to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) legs1623

shirk1843

to fish for oneself1867

to live on one's hump1909

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 109 Þei þat sufficy to hemsilf.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 32 The onely one God,..Suffizing to himselfe.

†2.

a. impersonal. It is enough. Obsolete.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 41 He cam the thridde tyme, and seith to hem, Slepe ȝe nowe, and reste ȝe; sothli it sufficith.

c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 52 Na moore of this as now, for it suffiseth.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 245 Whan kinde is dueliche served, It oghte of reson to suffise.

c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 1824 Sese! it suffes now.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 743/1 Syth he hath made his confessyon with his awne hande, it suffyseth, I aske no more.

b. Const. infinitive or clause with, or (formerly) without, anticipatory subject it. Now chiefly in the subjunctive, suffice it, sometimes short for suffice it to say.

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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 To studie upon the worldes lore Sufficeth now withoute more.

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 6864 Than suffysede, stedefastly To loue god, our creatour.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii*^v If the childe be weake, it shall suffice to powre water vpon it.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) ii. xxxiv. 153 For to be a good captayne, sufficeth only to be hardy, and fortunate.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 25 It suffices to say, That Xantippus becoming the manager of affairs, altered extreamly the Carthaginian Army.

1779 Mirror No. 8 Suffice it to say, that my parting with the Dervise was very tender.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 100 Suffice it to say that there are many such reasons.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 178 Hit suffichyth that..we fyndyth y-writte, that oone forcible kynge of grete Pouer, assiget the Cite of Rome.1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. O.i It shall suffyse that the bread be suche, as is vsuall to bee eaten.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Sufficeth yt also That Troians misery dyd I liue too testifye mourneful.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. V2^v Suffise, that I haue done my dew in place.a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 71 Let it suffise, That my slacke muse sings of Leanders eies.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 246 If thou ask me why, Sufficeth my reasons are both good and waighty. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 71 Angells cannot tell, suffice, Thy selfe shalt feel thine owne full joyes.1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 63 Suffices that to me strength is my bane. a1764 R. Lloyd New-river Head in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 68 Suffice it, that my goody's care Brought forth her best, tho' simple fare.1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. iii. 4 Suffice it, that perchance they were of fame.1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond vii I have passed over a great deal of the religious part of Mr. Brough's behaviour: suffice it, that religion was always on his lips.

c. With dative pronoun added. archaic.

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c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 573 Suffiseth me thou make in þis manere [etc.].

c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 65 To the hit ought ynogh suffise, that love so highe a grace to yow sent.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii Wel hit maye suffyse the to haue had tweyne of them.

c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Matt. x. 25 It sufficis to the discipile that he be as his maistir.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I2^v Sufficeth thee that poore Hieronimo, Cannot forget his sonne Horatio.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 9 Let it suffice thee (Mistris Page)..that I loue thee.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 88 Had it suffic'd him to have known Good by it self.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ix. 64 It suffices me only to have remarked here, that [etc.].

1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 142 Suffice it thee Thy pain is a reality.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 80 Let it suffice you that I will see you on the subject.

d. Const. for with accusative and infinitive.

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1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiii. 571 It sufficed for our Minister to stand up for Madame Strumpff.

†3.

a. To have the necessary ability, capacity, or resources for doing something; to be competent or able to do something. Chiefly const. infinitive. Obsolete (in later use coloured by 1g.)

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the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)]

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sustaina1382

awelda1387

mayc1395

dowa1400

shape1487

afford1584

to have it in him (also her, etc.)c1600

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 69 Ȝif þe lord ne mai noȝt suffisen to uellen þe vnderwode, þe contreie him sal helpe.

c1383 Concl. Loll. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) Oct. 748 In vsinge medeful werkis..as moche as þei suffisen.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 21 I schal do, fader, as ye sein, Als ferforth as I mai suffise.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xx. 221 The Lordes here han folk of certeyn nombre, als thei may suffise.

1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 400 To recorde it vnnethe I may souffyse.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 875 Of all your bewte I suffyce not to wryght.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 96 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 I may nocht suffyss to se ȝour sanctitud sad.

1743 W. Warburton Ricardus Aristarchus in A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) p. xxxiv If so many and various graces go to the making up a Hero, what mortal shall suffice to bear this character?

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xlv A Frenchman..can..address himself to a variety of services, and suffice in his own person to discharge them all.

†b. transitive. To be capable of. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)]

suffice1390

to run to ——1859

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 89 That thou to loves heste obeie Als ferr as thou it myht suffise.

14.. Chaucer's H. Fame (Caxton) 1180 My wytt [ne] may it [v.r. me] not suffyse.

†4. intransitive. Contextually, of a quality or condition: To provide adequate means or opportunity; to allow or admit of a certain thing being done. Also transitive. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > admit of [verb (intransitive)]

sufficec1369

suffer1549

admitc1585

allow1635

permit1709

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1094 As my wytte koude best suffyse..I besette hytte To loue hir yn my beste wyse.

1423 Kingis Quair cxl Quhill my yf may suffise.

1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 296/2 My said Lordes..shall as ferforth as her cunnyng and discretions suffisen, trewely..avise ye Kyng.

c1440 Generydes 1150 When they came ther they sawe a faire cite, As full a pepill as it cowde suffice.

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 311 Yf the tyme wylle suffise it, the abbes..may exorte them in thys wyse.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 As fer as my wrecchednes wold suffyse.

a. transitive. To be enough for; to meet the desires, needs, or requirements of (a person); to satisfy. archaic †Also impersonal.The object is of datival origin: cf. 1b †(it) sufficeth me: I am satisfied, content.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

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suffice1390

servec1405

sufficec1405

do1835

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 290 Al that mihte him noght suffise, That he ne bad to do juise Upon the child.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6005 Therfore it suffisith me Her good herte and her beaute.

c1440 York Myst. xxiii. 18 Þat suffice vs with-outen more.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1219 Halff [of] our lyvlode Wold scarsly suffise hym selff [al]oon.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) viii. 30 They were so grete plente of peple that no londe myght suffyse them.

1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bi Let thys example suffice the.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 112 A pound of bread, which oftentimes would scarcly suffice some trauellers to breakfast.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I3 Sufficeth me thy meanings vnderstood.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 57 It is my will that you remain here..let that suffice you.

1803–5 W. Wordsworth Rob Roy's Grave 38 The good old rule Sufficeth them.

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iv. 212 Barbarian minds remain in the circle of ideas which sufficed their forefathers.

in extended use.1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 13 A weak reason may suffice so strong a cause.

†b. Const. of (the thing). Obsolete.

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c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. xxxii. 125 He that pleithe with me, shall neuer be suffisid of my pley.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxii. 54 For it suffyseth them ynowe of one masse.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xliv. 6 O yee house of Israel, let it suffice you, of all your abominations.

c. passive. To be satisfied or content. archaic.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy

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apaya1250

pleasec1350

assythc1375

savourc1390

filsen?a1425

satisfy?a1425

sufficec1430

satify1434

applease1470

content1477

assethe1481

appetite1509

syth1513

satisfice?1531

gratify1569

gree1570

explenish1573

promerit1582

accommodate1624

placentiate1694

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 200 Whoos boody may not suffysed been.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) li. 74 Therwith she myght haue be pleasid and suffised.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Fvii The parentes..being suffised that their children can onely speke latine proprely.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 457 Whose searching soule, can hardly be suffiz'd With vulgar Knowledge.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxvii. sig. C4^v I in thy abundance am suffic'd .

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 264 Not half suffic'd, and greedy yet to kill.

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 71 One half hour, solemnity may fill his heart; the next, pleasantry; by each shall his heart be for the time sufficed.

†d. reflexive. To satisfy oneself. Obsolete. †suffice thee, you: be content.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented [verb (reflexive)] > make oneself contented or satisfied

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suffice1484

please1533

satisfy1542

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. ix Suffyse the, For ther to I shalle put al my dylygence.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxv. 268 Suffyce you with the gyft that I haue gyuen you.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. t v I suffise my selfe with my accustomed manner.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 10 Come lets returne againe, And suffice our selues with the report of it.

†6. To provide enough food for, satisfy the appetite of; also, to satisfy (the appetite). Chiefly passive. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)]

satisfy1440

sufficea1450

contentc1530

acquiescec1620

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)]

sleckc1175

aquenchc1300

stanch1340

beetc1390

repelc1425

sufficea1450

squench1598

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlviii. l. 428 The tenthe part Of theke Meyne with that fisch suffised not scholde be.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark viii. f. lv From whence myght a man suffyse them with breed?

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark viii. f. lv They ate and were suffysed.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O3 When all men had..Of meates and drinkes their appetites suffiz'd .

1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. E2 He is none of your ordinarie fellowes, which will suffice nature for three pence;..a Rabbit is but a bitte with him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 191 And when my knightly stomacke is suffis'd, Why then I sucke my teeth.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 31 When the herd suffis'd did late repair To ferny heaths.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 577 They feasted, and were all sufficed.

†7. To satisfy, meet the ‘calls’ of (a desire, need, sense, emotion, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires)

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stanch1340

fulfilc1384

satiatec1450

satisfyc1475

slockc1480

expletea1500

supplya1513

satisfice?1531

suffice1533

stake1550

to fill up1600

1533 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 301 What [meat] shulde suffice their necessitie.

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. x. sig. Lij^v Sleepe no more than shall suffyse the sustentation of your bodyes.

c1592 Faire Em sig. A3 Let my vttermost wealth suffice thy worth.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xviii. 316 Then Ioue askt Iuno, if at length, she had suffisde her splene.

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. iv The King has now his curious sight suffis'd With all lost Arts.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 148 Strongly to suffer and support our pains, That we may so suffice his vengeful ire.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 63 Scarce all my herds their luxury suffice.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 520 There was..indeed enow to suffice all his wants.

†8. intransitive with unto: To be satisfied with. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)]

restc1300

to take in (good) wortha1382

sufficec1390

to have (also accept, bear, etc.) in wortha1456

stay1549

to take up with1609

to settle for1959

c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 2 Suffise vnto þyn þyng þow it be smal.

†9. transitive. To make or be sufficient provision for; to supply with something. Also, to replenish (a supply). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > be sufficient provision for

sufficec1440

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything

feather?c1225

serve?c1225

astore1297

purveya1325

purveyc1325

warnishc1330

supply1384

bego1393

garnish?a1400

stuff14..

instore1432

relievec1480

providec1485

appurvey1487

support?1507

furnishc1515

repair1518

supply1529

speed1531

help (a person) to (also with)1569

sort1598

suffice1600

enduea1616

starta1640

employ1690

find1713

to fix out1725

issue1737

service1969

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > lay in a supply of > renew (a supply of)

replenish1612

recruit1660

suffice1697

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 56 V sester shal suffice an aker lond.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 191 Xij hundrid pounde of metal shal suffise A thousand feet in lengthe of pipis sure.

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. G. B. Ramusio in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 381 Oxen,..whereof..they killed fourescore, which sufficed the armie with flesh.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 Nor Juno, who sustain'd his Arms before, Dares with new strength suffice th' exhausted store.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer Ilias i. i. 653 The Pow'r appeas'd, with Winds suffic'd the Sail.

†10. To supply, furnish (a product, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)]

affordOE

findOE

purveyc1300

chevise1340

ministera1382

upholda1417

supply1456

suppeditate1535

perfurnishc1540

previse1543

subminister1576

tend1578

fourd1581

instaurate1583

to find out1600

suffice1626

subministrate1633

affurnisha1641

apply1747

to stump up1833

to lay on1845

to come up with1858

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §510 The Iuyce, as it seemeth, not being able to suffice a Succulent Colour, and a Double Leafe.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 292 The rugged soil..Suffices fulness to the swelling grain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suffice
释义	sufficev. Brit. /səˈfʌɪs/, U.S. /səˈfaɪs/ Forms: Middle English suffische, Middle English suffich; Middle English sofise, Middle English sofice, Middle English–1500s suffyse, suffyce, Middle English–1600s suffise, Middle English suffis, sufficy, suffys(s, suffes, sofyse, Middle English–1500s suffyze, Middle English–1600s suffize, Middle English– suffice. Etymology: < Old French suffis-, present stem of suffire < Latin sufficĕre , < suf- = sub- prefix + facere to make, do. 1. a. intransitive. To be enough, sufficient, or adequate for a purpose or the end in view. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 servea1375 stretchc1374 suffiec1380 reach1446 stake1572 to pass muster1855 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 doa1450 servec1475 to go down1608 to pass (muster) in a crowd1711 to get by1897 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 19 I haue tolde þe in þis mater a lyttill as me thynke; noghte affermande þat þis suffisches, ne þat þis es þe sothefastnes in þis mater. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 138 He..the richesse of gold despiseth, And seith that mete and cloth sufficeth. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 28 And þis sufficeþ of þe kuttyng of þe fistule. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 264/2 Yet yf he lacked charite, all hys fayth suffised not. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 65 'Twixt such friends as wee, Few words suffice . View more context for this quotation 1646 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 133 This shall suffice from..Your Grace's humblest seruant, R. Moray. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 411 What art can then Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict Senteries..? View more context for this quotation 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. xviii. 41 To omit other Instances..let this which followeth suffice. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 340 So a seisin at one time would suffice; for the statute said ‘seised at any time’. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 177 Why need I volumes, if one word suffice? †b. Const. to (a person): To be enough for, satisfy the requirements of; = sense 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person suffice1340 suffice1390 servec1405 sufficec1405 do1835 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 61 To us silf sofisen þis cauus. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiv. 8 Schewe to vs the fadir, and it suffisith to vs. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 Qwhat thing myght suffice to þat man, to wham all þe werld will noȝt suffice? 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 5206 Swych ten..Wolde nat suffysen vn-to me At O dyner..To fulfylle myn appetyt. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. j^v Late hyt suffyse to the & to me, that one of vs tweyne be infortunat. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvi. 229 All this suffyseth not to me for I wolde haue parte of y^e seygnory. c. Const. for in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person suffice1340 suffice1390 servec1405 sufficec1405 do1835 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 375 Oonly the sighte of hir whom þ^t I serue..Wolde haue suffised right ynogh for me. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cciiii. f. cxxv Why is nat this kyngdom suffycyent for twayne y^t somtyme suffysed for .vii.? 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 426 Short reprimand and exhortation short Suffice for thee. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 Such all the rules, and they suffice for all. d. Const. for (a thing): To be of sufficient quantity, capacity, or scope for; to provide enough material or accommodation for. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a thing suffice1393 serve1445 reanswer1598 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 203 Yf hit sufficith nat for a-seth..Mercy..wil make good þe remenant. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xxiii. 151 Suffysid a lytill graue of v^e foote for his Pallis, for his halle, and for his roob. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings xx. 10 If the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 18 Not all those Realms cou'd for such Crimes suffice, Were all those Realms the guilty Victor's Prize! 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 115 The Janissaries by whom they were surrounded sufficed not for their purposes. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 91 The book-shelves did not suffice for his store of old books. 1875 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 3) ii. v. §59. 189 (note) This mode of conceiving the phenomena suffices for physical inquiries. †e. Const. to: To be adequate or equal to; to avail for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious for [verb (transitive)] sufficec1325 satisfy1570 answer1615 c1325 Song of Yesterday 136 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 136 Al þi wit schal be þorw souȝt To more good þen þou may suffise. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 135 Vrþely herte myȝt not suffyse To þe tenþe dole of þo gladnez glade. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 12 I wald fayne set my will, Giff my wyt mycht suffice thartill, To put in wryt a suthfast story. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 13 § 1 The graunt of the seid too xv^mes and x^mes doth not suffise nor extende to the behoufull chargis and expencis. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dvi He wolde nat that his worde onely shulde suffice to our example of lyueng. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6747 All-þof Ector was on, þat odmony slogh,..Hymselfe might not suffise to þat soume hoge. f. Const. for with a noun of action or gerund. ΚΠ 1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 150/2 The somme..wold not suffise for the contentation of the wages. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 19^v Such store of Poultrie..as the doung of them suffised for the manuring of theyr ground. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 20 This may suffice for the silencing of such simpletons. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 627 A lighter harrow..will suffice for covering seed. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 37 The evidence of the most abandoned villains sufficed for their conviction. g. Const. to with infinitive. ΚΠ 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 153 Al the world ne may suffise To stanche of Pride the reprise. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cii. 82 The lyuyng peple ne suffysed not to burye the dede bodyes. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 259 (heading) Be mirry and glaid honest and vertewous ffor that suffisis to anger the Invyous. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxvii. §3. 617 The same occasions sufficed also, to procure the deliuerie of Manasses. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 113 To recount Almightie works What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice ..? View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 The world, you gave him, Suffices not to pay the obligation. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 259 A very short time would suffice to teach him to read. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xiv. 97 The fog..every trace of which a few minutes sufficed to sweep away. 1883 Manch. Guard. 12 Oct. 5/3 A little thing has sufficed to destroy the balance of a structure that was already tottering. †h. to suffice to oneself: to be self-sufficient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] > be self-sufficient to suffice to oneselfc1475 to shift for oneselfa1513 to work out (one's own) salvation1535 reside1610 to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) feet1621 to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) legs1623 shirk1843 to fish for oneself1867 to live on one's hump1909 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 109 Þei þat sufficy to hemsilf. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 32 The onely one God,..Suffizing to himselfe. †2. a. impersonal. It is enough. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 41 He cam the thridde tyme, and seith to hem, Slepe ȝe nowe, and reste ȝe; sothli it sufficith. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 52 Na moore of this as now, for it suffiseth. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 245 Whan kinde is dueliche served, It oghte of reson to suffise. c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 1824 Sese! it suffes now. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 743/1 Syth he hath made his confessyon with his awne hande, it suffyseth, I aske no more. b. Const. infinitive or clause with, or (formerly) without, anticipatory subject it. Now chiefly in the subjunctive, suffice it, sometimes short for suffice it to say. ΚΠ 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 14 To studie upon the worldes lore Sufficeth now withoute more. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 6864 Than suffysede, stedefastly To loue god, our creatour. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii^v If the childe be weake, it shall suffice to powre water vpon it. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes* (1568) ii. xxxiv. 153 For to be a good captayne, sufficeth only to be hardy, and fortunate. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 25 It suffices to say, That Xantippus becoming the manager of affairs, altered extreamly the Carthaginian Army. 1779 Mirror No. 8 Suffice it to say, that my parting with the Dervise was very tender. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x. 100 Suffice it to say that there are many such reasons. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 178 Hit suffichyth that..we fyndyth y-writte, that oone forcible kynge of grete Pouer, assiget the Cite of Rome.1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Administr. Lordes Supper sig. O.i It shall suffyse that the bread be suche, as is vsuall to bee eaten.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Sufficeth yt also That Troians misery dyd I liue too testifye mourneful.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. V2^v Suffise, that I haue done my dew in place.a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. 71 Let it suffise, That my slacke muse sings of Leanders eies.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 246 If thou ask me why, Sufficeth my reasons are both good and waighty. View more context for this quotation1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 71 Angells cannot tell, suffice, Thy selfe shalt feel thine owne full joyes.1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 63 Suffices that to me strength is my bane. View more context for this quotationa1764 R. Lloyd New-river Head in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 68 Suffice it, that my goody's care Brought forth her best, tho' simple fare.1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. iii. 4 Suffice it, that perchance they were of fame.1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond vii I have passed over a great deal of the religious part of Mr. Brough's behaviour: suffice it, that religion was always on his lips. c. With dative pronoun added. archaic. ΚΠ c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 573 Suffiseth me thou make in þis manere [etc.]. c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 65 To the hit ought ynogh suffise, that love so highe a grace to yow sent. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii Wel hit maye suffyse the to haue had tweyne of them. c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Matt. x. 25 It sufficis to the discipile that he be as his maistir. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I2^v Sufficeth thee that poore Hieronimo, Cannot forget his sonne Horatio. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 9 Let it suffice thee (Mistris Page)..that I loue thee. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 88 Had it suffic'd him to have known Good by it self. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ix. 64 It suffices me only to have remarked here, that [etc.]. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 142 Suffice it thee Thy pain is a reality. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 80 Let it suffice you that I will see you on the subject. d. Const. for with accusative and infinitive. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiii. 571 It sufficed for our Minister to stand up for Madame Strumpff. †3. a. To have the necessary ability, capacity, or resources for doing something; to be competent or able to do something. Chiefly const. infinitive. Obsolete (in later use coloured by 1g.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be able to [verb (intransitive)] sufficea1325 sustaina1382 awelda1387 mayc1395 dowa1400 shape1487 afford1584 to have it in him (also her, etc.)c1600 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 69 Ȝif þe lord ne mai noȝt suffisen to uellen þe vnderwode, þe contreie him sal helpe. c1383 Concl. Loll. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) Oct. 748 In vsinge medeful werkis..as moche as þei suffisen. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 21 I schal do, fader, as ye sein, Als ferforth as I mai suffise. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xx. 221 The Lordes here han folk of certeyn nombre, als thei may suffise. 1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 400 To recorde it vnnethe I may souffyse. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 875 Of all your bewte I suffyce not to wryght. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 96 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 I may nocht suffyss to se ȝour sanctitud sad. 1743 W. Warburton Ricardus Aristarchus in A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) p. xxxiv If so many and various graces go to the making up a Hero, what mortal shall suffice to bear this character? 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xlv A Frenchman..can..address himself to a variety of services, and suffice in his own person to discharge them all. †b. transitive. To be capable of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] suffice1390 to run to ——1859 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 89 That thou to loves heste obeie Als ferr as thou it myht suffise. 14.. Chaucer's H. Fame (Caxton) 1180 My wytt [ne] may it [v.r. me] not suffyse. †4. intransitive. Contextually, of a quality or condition: To provide adequate means or opportunity; to allow or admit of a certain thing being done. Also transitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > admit of [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1369 suffer1549 admitc1585 allow1635 permit1709 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1094 As my wytte koude best suffyse..I besette hytte To loue hir yn my beste wyse. 1423 Kingis Quair cxl Quhill my yf may suffise. 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 296/2 My said Lordes..shall as ferforth as her cunnyng and discretions suffisen, trewely..avise ye Kyng. c1440 Generydes 1150 When they came ther they sawe a faire cite, As full a pepill as it cowde suffice. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 311 Yf the tyme wylle suffise it, the abbes..may exorte them in thys wyse. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 As fer as my wrecchednes wold suffyse. 5. a. transitive. To be enough for; to meet the desires, needs, or requirements of (a person); to satisfy. archaic †Also impersonal.The object is of datival origin: cf. 1b †(it) sufficeth me: I am satisfied, content. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient for [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person suffice1340 suffice1390 servec1405 sufficec1405 do1835 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 290 Al that mihte him noght suffise, That he ne bad to do juise Upon the child. c1400 Rom. Rose 6005 Therfore it suffisith me Her good herte and her beaute. c1440 York Myst. xxiii. 18 Þat suffice vs with-outen more. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1219 Halff [of] our lyvlode Wold scarsly suffise hym selff [al]oon. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) viii. 30 They were so grete plente of peple that no londe myght suffyse them. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bi Let thys example suffice the. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 112 A pound of bread, which oftentimes would scarcly suffice some trauellers to breakfast. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I3 Sufficeth me thy meanings vnderstood. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 57 It is my will that you remain here..let that suffice you. 1803–5 W. Wordsworth Rob Roy's Grave 38 The good old rule Sufficeth them. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iv. 212 Barbarian minds remain in the circle of ideas which sufficed their forefathers. in extended use.1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 13 A weak reason may suffice so strong a cause. †b. Const. of (the thing). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. xxxii. 125 He that pleithe with me, shall neuer be suffisid of my pley. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxii. 54 For it suffyseth them ynowe of one masse. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xliv. 6 O yee house of Israel, let it suffice you, of all your abominations. View more context for this quotation c. passive. To be satisfied or content. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy paya1200 apaya1250 pleasec1350 assythc1375 savourc1390 filsen?a1425 satisfy?a1425 sufficec1430 satify1434 applease1470 content1477 assethe1481 appetite1509 syth1513 satisfice?1531 gratify1569 gree1570 explenish1573 promerit1582 accommodate1624 placentiate1694 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 200 Whoos boody may not suffysed been. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) li. 74 Therwith she myght haue be pleasid and suffised. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Fvii The parentes..being suffised that their children can onely speke latine proprely. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 457 Whose searching soule, can hardly be suffiz'd With vulgar Knowledge. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxvii. sig. C4^v I in thy abundance am suffic'd . View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 264 Not half suffic'd, and greedy yet to kill. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 71 One half hour, solemnity may fill his heart; the next, pleasantry; by each shall his heart be for the time sufficed. †d. reflexive. To satisfy oneself. Obsolete. †suffice thee, you: be content. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented [verb (reflexive)] > make oneself contented or satisfied wreak1377 suffice1484 please1533 satisfy1542 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. ix Suffyse the, For ther to I shalle put al my dylygence. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxv. 268 Suffyce you with the gyft that I haue gyuen you. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. t v I suffise my selfe with my accustomed manner. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 10 Come lets returne againe, And suffice our selues with the report of it. View more context for this quotation †6. To provide enough food for, satisfy the appetite of; also, to satisfy (the appetite). Chiefly passive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] satisfy1440 sufficea1450 contentc1530 acquiescec1620 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)] sleckc1175 aquenchc1300 stanch1340 beetc1390 repelc1425 sufficea1450 squench1598 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlviii. l. 428 The tenthe part Of theke Meyne with that fisch suffised not scholde be. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark viii. f. lv From whence myght a man suffyse them with breed? 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark viii. f. lv They ate and were suffysed. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O3 When all men had..Of meates and drinkes their appetites suffiz'd . View more context for this quotation 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. E2 He is none of your ordinarie fellowes, which will suffice nature for three pence;..a Rabbit is but a bitte with him. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 191 And when my knightly stomacke is suffis'd, Why then I sucke my teeth. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 31 When the herd suffis'd did late repair To ferny heaths. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 577 They feasted, and were all sufficed. †7. To satisfy, meet the ‘calls’ of (a desire, need, sense, emotion, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires) sleckc1175 stanch1340 fulfilc1384 satiatec1450 satisfyc1475 slockc1480 expletea1500 supplya1513 satisfice?1531 suffice1533 stake1550 to fill up1600 1533 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 301 What [meat] shulde suffice their necessitie. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. x. sig. Lij^v Sleepe no more than shall suffyse the sustentation of your bodyes. c1592 Faire Em sig. A3 Let my vttermost wealth suffice thy worth. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xviii. 316 Then Ioue askt Iuno, if at length, she had suffisde her splene. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. iv The King has now his curious sight suffis'd With all lost Arts. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 148 Strongly to suffer and support our pains, That we may so suffice his vengeful ire. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 63 Scarce all my herds their luxury suffice. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 520 There was..indeed enow to suffice all his wants. †8. intransitive with unto: To be satisfied with. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] restc1300 to take in (good) wortha1382 sufficec1390 to have (also accept, bear, etc.) in wortha1456 stay1549 to take up with1609 to settle for1959 c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 2 Suffise vnto þyn þyng þow it be smal. †9. transitive. To make or be sufficient provision for; to supply with something. Also, to replenish (a supply). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > be sufficient provision for sufficec1440 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything feather?c1225 serve?c1225 astore1297 purveya1325 purveyc1325 warnishc1330 supply1384 bego1393 garnish?a1400 stuff14.. instore1432 relievec1480 providec1485 appurvey1487 support?1507 furnishc1515 repair1518 supply1529 speed1531 help (a person) to (also with)1569 sort1598 suffice1600 enduea1616 starta1640 employ1690 find1713 to fix out1725 issue1737 service1969 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > lay in a supply of > renew (a supply of) replenish1612 recruit1660 suffice1697 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 56 V sester shal suffice an aker lond. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 191 Xij hundrid pounde of metal shal suffise A thousand feet in lengthe of pipis sure. 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. G. B. Ramusio in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 381 Oxen,..whereof..they killed fourescore, which sufficed the armie with flesh. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 Nor Juno, who sustain'd his Arms before, Dares with new strength suffice th' exhausted store. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer Ilias i. i. 653 The Pow'r appeas'd, with Winds suffic'd the Sail. †10. To supply, furnish (a product, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] affordOE findOE purveyc1300 chevise1340 ministera1382 upholda1417 supply1456 suppeditate1535 perfurnishc1540 previse1543 subminister1576 tend1578 fourd1581 instaurate1583 to find out1600 suffice1626 subministrate1633 affurnisha1641 apply1747 to stump up1833 to lay on1845 to come up with1858 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §510 The Iuyce, as it seemeth, not being able to suffice a Succulent Colour, and a Double Leafe. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 292 The rugged soil..Suffices fulness to the swelling grain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1325
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