suffer, soffren, suffren

t. & i. [O. Fr. soffrir, suffrir (Fr. souffrir ), from Lat. suffero to undergo, to endure: suf (for sub )=under, and fero = chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sofferire.] IMG:content-0524.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] 2. One who sustains damage or lo ; as, a sufferer equal weights are hung on the two ends of that by a fire. 3. One who suffers, permits, or allows. suf'-fer-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [SUFFER.] "Let it sufice thee: speak no more to me of this matter."- Deuteronomy iii. 26. *2. To supply or provide; to refurnish. "Nor Juno, who sustained his arms before, Dares with new strength suffice the exhausted store." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , ix. 1,090. *suf-fic-ience (cas sh), *suf-fis-aunce, subst . [Fr.sufisance.] Sufficiency. IMG:content-0526.png:[blocks in formation] But that your sufficiency, as your worth, is able, And let them work." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , i. 1. 4. Adequate substance or means; competence. *5. Conceit; self-sufficiency; self-confidence. "Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance."- Temple . suf-fic-ient (cas sh), *suf-fyc-ient, a. & s. [Lat. sufficiens , pr. par. of sufficio to suffice (q.v.); Sp. suficiente ; Port. & Ital. sufficiente .] 1. Equal to any end or purpose proposed; ade- quate to meet any wants or demands; enough, com- petent, ample. "My grace is sufficient for thee."-2 Corinth . xii. 9. *2. Po e ed of adequate talents, accomplish- ments, or resources; competent, fit, qualified, capa- ble. "You'll never meet a more suficient man." Shakesp . Othello , iii. 4. IMG:content-0527.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0528.png:[blocks in formation] act of suffixing; the state of being suffixed. *suf-flăm-in-āte, v . t . [Lat. sufflaminatus , pa. you understand me that he is suficient ."- Shakesp .: Mer- chant of Venice , i. 3. *4. Self-sufficient, self-satisfied, content. *B. As subst .: Sufficiency. "One man's sufficient is more available than ten thou- sands' multitude." Sidney: Arcadia , p. 452. 2. To stop, to check, to impede. "God could prevent the beginnings of wicked designs; he could any where sufflaminate and subvert suffocate