suffice
verb (used without object)
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
has sufficed
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present perfectof suffice (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Before he returns to London this time, Sir Walter will know whether his patient trotting back & forth has sufficed to keep open the way toward eventual direct three-way collaboration.
From Time Magazine Archive
The color of a man's gloves has sufficed to make his fortune.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
His work alone has sufficed, for him, at least, though the time is past when he can bury himself in his professional work and, in the vernacular, get away with it.
From Opportunities in Engineering by Charles M. (Charles Marcus) Horton
And sometimes the sorrow of leaving home for the first time, or the death of a dearly-loved friend, has sufficed to arouse the question, "What must I do to be saved?"
From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by George Milligan
And during the last three months, the weekly voluntary gathering of his brother workmen, or the allowance from his club, has sufficed; and he died without destitution actually coming to his door.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
