[suf.fice] vb suf.ficed ; suf.fic.ing [ME, fr. MF suffis-, stem of suffire, fr. L sufficere to provide, be adequate, fr. sub- + facere to make, do--more at do] vi (14c) 1: to meet or satisfy a need: be sufficient "a brief note will ~"--often used with an impersonal it "~ it to say that they are dedicated, serious personalities --Cheryl Aldridge"
2: to be competent or capable ~ vt: to be enough for -- suf.fic.er n