In words ending in _ce_ or _ge_, the final _e_ is preserved before the termination _able_, for the purpose of indicating the soft sound of the consonant, as in _marriageable_, _chargeable_, _traceable_, _serviceable_, &c.; but before the ending _ible_ the final _e_ of the primitive disappears, and there is no _e_ before the termination. Examples: _deducible_, _reducible_, _frangible_, &c. The following list of words in _ible_ is here added; all others end in _able_:— accessible admissible adustible appetible apprehensible audible cessible coercible collectible comminuible compatible competible comprehensible compressible conceptible conclusible congestible contemptible contractible controvertible convertible convincible corrigible corrosible corruptible credible deceptible decerptible decoctible deducible defeasible defectible defensible depectible deprehensible descendible destructible digestible discernible discerptible dispraisible dissolvible distensible divisible docible edible effectible eligible eludible enforcible evincible expansible expressible extendible extensible fallible feasible fencible flexible forcible frangible fusible horrible ignoscible illegible immarcessible immiscible[23] impassible[24] intelligible irascible legible miscible partible passible[25] perceptible permiscible permissible persuasible pervertible plausible possible producible quadrible reducible referrible reflexible refrangible regible remissible reprehensible resistible responsible reversible revertible risible seducible sensible solvible tangible terrible transmissible visible _IM or IN, and EM or EN._ The prefix _in_ is from the Latin, and that of _en_ from the French and Greek. _In_ generally signifies _situation_, and _en_ mostly expresses _action_. Hence, perhaps, in strictness, _inclose_ will signify “to close in,” and _enclose_, “to make close.” So, to _inquire_ will be “to seek _in_, or to search in,” and _enquire_, to “make search.” _Immigrate_, “to pass into;” _emigrate_, “to go out of.” But this distinction is not attended to by writers, and is, indeed, too refined for general practice. Before the letters _b_ and _p_, _en_ becomes _em_, as in _embattle_, _empower_; and _in_ before some letters becomes _ig_, _il_, _im_, or _ir_, as in _ignoble_, _illegal_, _improper_, _irresolute_. We give a list of those generally spelt with _im_ or _in_; leaving it to be inferred that the rest are more usual with _em_ or _en_.