verb no object

be enough or adequate:

〈物･事が〉 «…するのに/…には» 十分である «to do/for»

e.g. a quick look should suffice

e.g. with infinitive : two examples should suffice to prove the contention.

with object meet the needs of:

e.g. simple mediocrity cannot suffice them.

suffice to say (also suffice it to say)

used to indicate that one is saying enough to make one's meaning clear while withholding something for reasons of discretion or brevity:

e.g. suffice to say, he doesn't scare easily

e.g. suffice it to say that they were not considered suitable for this project.

Middle English: from Old French suffis-, stem of suffire, from Latin sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’.