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Enough (&euptack_;nŭf), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. genōh, genōg, a. & adv. (akin to OS. ginōg, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gnōgr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. ganōhs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. naç, Gr. 'enegkei^n to carry.] 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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How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
Luke xv. 17.
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Enough, 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 take care of himself. “Enough is as good as a feast.”
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother.
Gen. xxxiii. 9.
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