Prefixe vs Suffice - What's the difference?
prefixe | suffice |
*mid-15th century , Letters of Margaret of Anjou , Number 90,
*:We, desiryng a final conclusion thereof, to reste and quiete of oure said tenants, praye yow hertely tht ye will, atte reverance of us, prefixe and set a day to mete with oure counseil
* 15th century? , in The History and Antiquities of Syon Monastery (1840) by James Aungier
*:And the sustres, like as they by them selfe procede to the eleccion of the abbes and chese her, so they schal by themselfe prefixe the day that thei schal procede to the eleccion.
*1576 , on a tombstone transcribed in A survey of the cities of London and Westminster (1733),
*:In Shrop?hire'' at the ''Mindtowne'' borne, / the Time we here prefixe , / And dyed the Seventh of ''February'', / in ''Anno Seventy Sixe.
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To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.
* Milton
To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
* 1838 , The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)
To furnish; to supply adequately.
As verbs the difference between prefixe and suffice
is that prefixe is obsolete spelling of prefix while suffice is to be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.prefixe
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(suffic)- Two capsules of fish oil a day suffices .
- To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice ?
- A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
- Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.
