Obs. Also 5 -ia(u)nte. [a. AF. *sufficiaunte, f. sufficiant, -ent SUFFICIENT: see -Y. Cf. SUFFISANTEE.] = SUFFICIENCY.
1450. in Antiq. Rep. (1809), IV. 639. Ordeyne and appoynte suche sufficiante of men and stuffe, as it may be sufficiante for the defence of the Castell and Ile.
1450–80. trans. Secr. Secr., 53. Surtee and sufficiante to þy gouernaille.
1461. Rolls of Parlt., V. 495/2. Yf there be not so many dwellyng within the same Shire of that sufficiaunte.
1592–3. A. Hall, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. II. III. 170. I … am hereupon, knowing his sufficienty,… humbly to beseeche your Honnor to stand my good Lord in my sonnes suite.
