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English Dictionary: enough	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enough adv as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" Synonym(s): enough, plenty adj sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" Synonym(s): adequate, decent, enough n an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" Synonym(s): enough, sufficiency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enough \Enough"\, a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen[?]h, gen[?]g, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin[?]g, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn[?]gr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan[?]hs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na[?], Gr. [?] to carry.] Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough* and to spare! --Luke xv. 17.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enough \E*nough"\, interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enough \Enough"\, adv. 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. 2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough* to embrace the offer. I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. --Shak. Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. --Shak. 3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough. Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enough \Enough"\, n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough* to do take care of himself. [bd]Enough is as good as a feast.[b8] And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. --Gen. xxxiii. 9.