suffice

verb

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

1. To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

   “For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.”

   “To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?”

2. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

   “A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.”

   “Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.”

3. To furnish; to supply adequately.

   “During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.”

   “The king sufficed his army with food and weapons before the great battle.”