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Enough \E*nough"\, 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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Enough \E*nough"\ ([-e]*n[u^]f"), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS.
gen[=o]h, gen[=o]g, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin[=o]g, D.
genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn[=o]gr, Sw. nog, Dan.
nok, Goth. gan[=o]hs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth.
ganah); pref. ge- a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr.
na[,c], 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 \E*nough"\, adv.
1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction;
sufficiently.
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2. 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.
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I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
--Shak.
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Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time
to lend money. --Shak.
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3. 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.
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Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
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enough \e*nough"\, interj.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form
of it is enough.
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