Suf*fi"cien*cy (?), n. [L.
sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or
adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
His sufficiency is such that he bestows and
possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
Boyle.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability;
capacity.
A substitute or most allowed
sufficiency.
Shak.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as
not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
Eikon
Basilike.
3. Adequate substance or means;
competence. "An elegant sufficiency."
Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or
fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-
sufficiency.
Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and
ignorance.
Sir W. Temple.
Suf*fi"cien*cy (?), n. [L.
sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or
adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
His sufficiency is such that he bestows and
possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
Boyle.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability;
capacity.
A substitute or most allowed
sufficiency.
Shak.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as
not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
Eikon
Basilike.
3. Adequate substance or means;
competence. "An elegant sufficiency."
Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or
fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-
sufficiency.
Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and
ignorance.
Sir W. Temple.
