suffete (sufet)

[Also sufet; The Roman Senate encroached on the consuls, though it was neither a legislature nor representative; the Cart hag in i an Councils encroached on the Suffetes ; the Venetian Councils encroached on the Doge. J. Bryce , American Commonwealth, I. 223. suffice (su-fis'), v .; pret. and pp. sufficed , ppr. sufficing . [Early mod. E. also suffise ; suffisen , suffis- , stem of ppr. of suffire , souffire , F. suffire , be sufficient, suf ficere , put under or into, substitute for, substitute, supply, intr. be sufficient, suffice, sub , under, + facere , make, do.] I. trans. 11. Το be sufficient for. The leed condite conteyneth this mesure: XII C pounde of metal shal suffise A you sand feet in leng the of pipes sure. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 178. 2. To satisfy; content; be equal to the wants or demands of. Parentes... being suffised that their children can onely speke latine proprely, or make verses with out mater or sentence, they from thens forth do suffre them to liue in idelnes. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 13. ter. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this mat- Deut. iii. 26. By farre they'd rather eat At their owne howses, wher their carnall sence May be sufic'd . Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 18. Then Jove ask'd Juno: "If at length she had suffic'd her spleen, Achilles being won to arms?" Chapman , Iliad, xviii. 316. 3t. To afford in sufficient amount; supply ade- quately. When they came ther the[y] sawe a faire cite, As full a pepill as it cowde suffice . Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1150. The pow'r appeas'd, with winds suffic'd the sail. Dryden, Iliad, i. 653. II. in trans. To be enough or sufficient; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate. What neded it thanne a newe lawe to bigynne, Sith the fyrst sufficeth to sauacioun and to bli e? Piers Plowman (B), xvii. 31. Suffise that I have done my dew in place. Hee [Sir Humphrey Gilbert] hath worthely beene constituted a coronell and generall in places requisite, and Realme and in forreigne Nations. Gas coigne, in Book of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), [Forewords, p. ix. A substitute of most allowed sufficiency . Shak., Othello, i. 3. 224. We shall find two differing kinds of sufficiency in managing of busine . Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 3. Adequate substance or means; enough; abundance; competence; especially, supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. An elegant suficiency , content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson , Spring, 1. 1159. He [Philip] had money in sufficiency , his own horses and equipage, and free quarters in his father's house. Pg. suffixo It. soffi o = G. suffix, 4. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple. sufficient (su-fish'ent), a. and n. [= F. suffi- sant = Sp. suficiente = Pg. sufficiente = It. soffi- ciente, sufficien (t-)s, ppr. of sufficere , be suf- ficient, suffice: see suffice . Cf. suffisant, the older form.] I. a. 1. Sufficin Sufficing; equal to the end proposed; as much as is or may be neces- sary; adequate; enough. I sawe it in at a back dore, and as it is sayd the same stable or vought is suficient to receyue a M. horses. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 44. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Mat. vi. 34. My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Po e ing adequate talents or accomplish- ments; of competent power or ability; quali- fied; fit; competent; capable. ability; quali Also, ther schul be foure suffisaunt men for to kepe the catel wel and suffisauntly. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 8. Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Cor. ii. 16. Pray you, let Ca io be received again.. You'll never meet a more sufficient man. Shak., Othello, iii. 4. 91. Nay, they are esteemed the more learned, and sufficient for this, by the many. B. Jonson, Alchemist, To the Reader. 3t. Having a competence; well-to-do. His [John Selden's) father and delighted much in music. was a sufficient plebeian, Wood, Athensæ Oxon., II. 179. He [George Fox] descended of honest and sufficient parents, who endeavoured to bring him up, as they did the rest of their children, in the way and worship of the nation. Penn , Rise and Progre of Quakers, v. 4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. Beau , and Fl. Sufficient condition, evidence, reason. See the nouns. =Syn. 1. Ample, abundant, satisfactory, full.-1 and 2. Competent, Enough , etc. See adequate . II. n. That which is sufficient; enough; a sufficiency. One man's suficient is more available than ten you sands multitude. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 452. ( Davies .) sufficiently (su-fish'ent-li), adv . [ sufficient + -ly2. Cf. suffisantly , the older form.] 1. To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose or gives satisfaction; adequately. He left them sufficiently provided, and conceived they would have been well governed. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 105. 2. To a considerable degree: as, he went away sufficiently discontented. [Colloq.] sufficingly (su-fi's ing-li), adv . In a sufficing manner; so as to satisfy. Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 56. sufficingne (su-fi's ing-nes), n. The quality My designs Are not yet ripe; suffice it that ere long I shall employ your loves. Beau. and Fl., Phil aster, iii. 1. No matter for the sword, her word sufficed To spike the coward through and through. Browning , Ring and Book, I. 312. sufficiencet (su-fish'ens), n. [= F. suffisance = Sp. suficiencia = Pg. sufficiencia = It. soffi cienzia , sufficient i a , sufficience, sufficiency, sufficere , be sufficient, suffice: see suffice . Cf. suffisance , the older form.] Same as suffi ciency.