Definition of "suffice" []

• To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient: These rations will suffice until next week. (verb-intransitive)
• To be equal to a specified task; be capable: No words will suffice to convey my grief. (verb-intransitive)
• To satisfy the needs or requirements of; be enough for. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And I do think that the use of spanking when less aggressive measures will suffice is worrisome – if a talking-to or time-out would do the trick, why HIT?"
• "What would suffice is a gapless pathway where there all chains of development have proof-of-concept established from random variation and natural selection."
• "Even if it's for the other Democrat nominee ... this idea that ANY republican candidate will suffice is getting ridiculous!"