suffice

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The ravages of the illness weakened the party sadly, and details are too horrible to write about--suffice it that the party lost control of their organs, a circumstance that rendered existence in their wintering place a nightmare of privations Preparations were made for the party's departure in the spring and the sledges overhauled.

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  1. intransitive verb To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient: These rations will suffice until next week.
  2. intransitive verb To be equal to a specified task; be capable: No words will suffice to convey my grief.
  3. transitive verb To satisfy the needs or requirements of; be enough for.

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suffice:   sufficed
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  1. Middle English suffisen, from Old French suffire, suffis-, from Latin sufficere : sub-, sub- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also suffise; from Middle English sufficen, suffisen, from Old French suffis-, stem of present participle of suffire, souffire, French suffire, be sufficient, from Latin sufficere, put under or into, substitute for, substitute, supply, intransitive be sufficient, suffice, from sub, under, + facere, make, do.
 

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/səˈfaɪs/
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