Suf"fer*ing, n. The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain
endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or
sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. "Souls in sufferings tried."
Keble.
Suf"fer*ing, a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress,
etc. -- Suf"fer*ing*ly, adv.
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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.
To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can
suffice?
Milton.
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.