Obs. rare–1. [f. L. suffect-, pa. ppl. stem of sufficĕre (see prec.).] trans. To substitute.
1620. Bp. Hall, Hon. Marr. Clergie, I. § 24. 130. When the Question was of suffecting Amadeus, Duke of Sauoy, a married man, in the roome of Eugenius.
So † Suffection [late L. suffectio], substitution.
1612. Cotta, Disc. Dang. Pract. Phys., I. vi. 48. Where … with a sufficient supply by others, the suffection or deputation may ease of a burden.
1671. [? R. MacWard], Case Accomod. Exam., 78. The Episcopus Praeses, who when present is to preside, and when absent, doth, at best, only permit a precarious suffection.
