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Definition of Suffices
1. suffice [v] - See also: suffice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffices
Literary usage of Suffices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"suffices. the world, you gave him, suffices not Agr. 59. Sullen. the sullen Cares
And frantic Passions hear PP 15. the sullen year Saw the snowy whirlwind ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"It suffices to say that the questions, which are stated In the margin,* express
the purpose of the court below to ask our instructions ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"... known in commerce as tapioca. highly refined and civilized, the women remarkable
for beauty, grace, and esprit. wicker bulb, neatly wrought, suffices. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"It suffices to say that we see no error in this regard. All this testimony related
to the absence of a guard on the machine. That ground of the case was ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... water in the cylinders and slide-valves, arising from the condensation of a
portion of the steam, and this suffices to lubricate the piston and valves. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"... the mere signature of the sufficient. drawee suffices (i). The usual mode of
making such an acceptance on the bill was, even before the 19 & 20 Viet. c. ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It suffices to know that it meant a state of unconscious repose, an eternal sleep
which knew no awakening. In this respect it was practically one with the ..."
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