Suffice vs Sufficed - What's the difference?
suffice | sufficed |
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.
(suffice)
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 suffice and sufficed
is that suffice is to be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate while sufficed is past tense of suffice.suffice
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Verb
(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.
Usage notes
* Commonly used in the phrase suffice it to say. * Mostly used in modal verb constructions, such as: Half a loaf per day will suffice'''.'' This is much more common than the direct form ''Half a loaf per day '''suffices .External links
* * * ----sufficed
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(head)suffice
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Verb
(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.