Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-NOUGH'
E-NOUGH', n. [enuf'.]
- A sufficiency; a quantity of a thing which satisfies desire, or is adequate to the wants. We have enough of this sort of cloth. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. Israel said, it is enough; Joseph is yet alive. Gen. xiv.
- That which is equal to the powers or abilities. He had enough to do to take care of himself.
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