Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUF-FICE, v.t. [suffi'ze.]

1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Let it suffice thee; speak no snore to me of this matter. – Deut. iii. Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. – John xiv. Ruth ii.
2. To afford; to supply. The pow'r appeas'd, with wind suffic'd the sail. – Dryden. [Not in use.]