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sufficient

suf.fi.cient \s*-'fish-*nt\ aj [ME, fr. L sufficient-, sufficiens, fr. prp. 
   of sufficere] 1: enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end  
   archaic  2: QUALIFIED, COMPETENT ests a close meeting of a need; ENOUGH is 
   less exact in suggestion than SUFFICIENT; ADEQUATE may imply barely meeting 
   a requirement; COMPETENT suggests measuring up to all requirements without 
   question or being adequately adapted to an end - suf.fi.cient.ly av SYN syn 
   ENOUGH, ADEQUATE, COMPETENT: SUFFICIENT sugg