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English Dictionary: sufficing by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a.
      Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adv. --
      {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sufficed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Sufficing}.] [OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire
      (cf. suffisant, p. pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to
      substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under + facere to
      make. See {Fact}.]
      To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything);
      to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. --Chaucer.
  
               To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of
               seraph can suffice?                                 --Milton.
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