Definition of "ble" []

• A suffix of Latin origin, occurring in adjectives having originally a passive signification, which is retained more or less fully in adjectives accompanied by verbs derived from the infinitive or perfect participle (English -ate or -it) of the same Latin verb, as in commendable, admirable, dissoluble, etc., habitable, imitable, tolerable, navigable, etc., credible, etc., but is not obvious in adjectives not accompanied by such verbs, as in equable, delectable, horrible, terrible, ignoble, voluble, feeble, etc. In English it is felt and used as a suffix only with the preceding vowel, -able or -ible. See -able, -ible. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The real trou­ble is that where pio­neers like Adrian Fer­ran and Hes­ton Blu­men­thal lead the way, too many unini­ti­ated Acolytes will fol­low and destroy the movement – see “Nou­velle Cui­sine” for a fore­shad­ow­ing of what will hap­pen."
• "To under­score, though: The only rea­son I think this project might even be pos­si­ble is that such a great, smart crew makes time for Snark­mar­ket — old and new friends alike."
• "The trou­ble is that urban spelunk­ing is, at best, tourism, and while mak­ing more infor­ma­tion avail­able about site may well do some­thing to encourge preser­va­tion and/or ren­o­va­tion, but not much."