Enough — Defs

01 a. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.

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Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
“How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!” — Luke xv. 17.

02 adv. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

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In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
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Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
“I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.” — Shak.

“Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money.” — Shak.
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In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.

03 n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do tak…

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A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
“And Esau said, I have enough, my brother.” — Gen. xxxiii. 9.

04 interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.

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An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.