Suffice

suffice
    v 1: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
         "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose
         well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get
         me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" [syn:
         {suffice}, {do}, {answer}, {serve}]
    

Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. t.
   1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or
      demands of. --Spenser.
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            Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this
            matter.                               --Deut. iii.
                                                  26.
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   2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [Obs.]
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            The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail.
                                                  --Dryden.
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Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sufficed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sufficing}.] [OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire
   (cf. suffisant, p. pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to
   substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under + facere to
   make. See {Fact}.]
   To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything);
   to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. --Chaucer.
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         To recount almighty works,
         What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? --Milton.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "suffice":
      advantage, answer, avail, be equal to, be handy, be of use,
      be satisfactory, bear, benefit, bestead, do, do it, do the trick,
      fill the bill, fulfill, get by, give good returns, go around,
      hack it, hold, just do, make the grade, meet, meet requirements,
      pass, pass muster, pay, pay off, profit, qualify, quench, reach,
      sate, satiate, satisfy, serve, serve the purpose, stand, stand up,
      stretch, suit, take it, work, yield a profit