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-ile

 
Use -ile in a Sentence
a suffix of adjectives expressing capability, susceptibility, liability, aptitude, etc.: agile; docile; ductile; fragile; prehensile; volatile.
Also, -il.

Origin:
< L -ilis, -īlis
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-ile 1  
suff.  Of, relating to, or capable of: audile.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ilis, -īlis.]
-ile 2  
suff.  A division of a specified size in the range of a statistic: percentile.

[Probably from -ile1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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