Webster's Dictionary 1913

11557

Suffice (2)

Suf‐fice″, v. t. 1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. Spenser.Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Deut. iii. 26.2. To furnis...

11558

Sufficience

Suf‐fi″cience (?), n. Sufficiently.

11559

Sufficiency

Suf‐fi″cien‐cy (?), n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.] 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.His sufficiency ...

11560

Sufficient

Suf‐fi″cient (?), a. [L. sufficiens, -entis, p. pr. of sufficere: cf. F. suffisant. See Suffice.] 1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, ...

11561

Sufficiently

Suf‐fi″cient‐ly, adv. To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qual...

11562

Sufficing

Suf‐fi″cing (?), a. Affording enough; satisfying. — Suf‐fi″cing‐ly, adv. — Suf‐fi″cing‐ness, n.

11563

Suffisance

Suf‐fi″sance (?), n. [F. See Sufficiency.] Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment.He could in little thing have suffisaunce. Chaucer.

11564

Suffisant

Suf‐fi″sant (?), a. Sufficient.

11565

Suffix

Suf″fix (?), n. [L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix.] 1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added ...

11566

Suffix (2)

Suf‐fix″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suffixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suffixing.] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

11567

Suffixion

Suf‐fix″ion (?), n. The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.

11568

Suffixment

Suf‐fix″ment (?), n. Suffixion. Earle.

11569

Sufflaminate

Suf‐flam″i‐nate (?), v. t. [L. sufflaminatus, p. p. of sufflaminare to hold back by a clog, from sufflamen a clog.] 1. To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one ...

11570

Sufflate

Suf‐flate″ (?), v. t. [L. sufflatus, p. p. of sufflare to blow up, inflate; sub under + flare to blow.] To blow up; to inflate; to inspire. T. Ward.

11571

Sufflation

Suf‐fla″tion (?), n. [L. sufflatio.] The act of blowing up or inflating. Coles.

11572

Suffocate

Suf″fo‐cate (?), a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.] Suffocated; choked. Shak.

11573

Suffocate (2)

Suf″fo‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suffocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suffocating.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.Let not hemp his windpipe suf...

11574

Suffocate (3)

Suf″fo‐cate, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. “A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.” collier.

11575

Suffocating

Suf″fo‐ca′ting, a. & n. from Suffocate, v. — Suf″fo‐ca′ting‐ly, adv.

11576

Suffocation

Suf′fo‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. suffocatio: cf. F. suffocation.] The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.☞ The term suffocatio...

11577

Suffocative

Suf″fo‐ca‐tive (?), a. Tending or able to choke or stifle. “Suffocative catarrhs.” Arbuthnot.

11578

Suffossion

Suf‐fos″sion (?), n. [L. suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum, to dig under; sub under + fodere to dig.] A digging under; an undermining. Bp. Hall.

11579

Suffragan

Suf″fra‐gan (?), a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p. pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See Suffrage.] Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

11580

Suffragan (2)

Suf″fra‐gan (?), n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See Suffragan, a.] 1. An assistant.2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; ...

11581

Suffraganship

Suf″fra‐gan‐ship, n. The office of a suffragan.

11582

Suffragant

Suf″fra‐gant (?), a. & n. Suffragan.

11583

Suffragate

Suf″fra‐gate (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.Suffragated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suffragating.] [L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See Suffragan, a.] To vote or vote with. “Suffraga...