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Sufficing

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.

Sufficing

Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a. Affording enough; satisfying. -- Suf*fi"cing*ly, adv. -- Suf*fi"cing*ness, n.

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vb. (present participle of suffice English)

Usage examples of "sufficing".

Thy sufficing help so as to make me independent of all things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy!

Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!

Be Thou my sufficing helper against the mischief of whosoever may desire to inflict sorrow upon me or wish me ill.

The corridor was night itself, with a dim, bluish-grey light from the windows, sufficing to mark their own spaces.