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OGIVE (a French term, of which the or...

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 24 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OGIVE (a French
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term, of which the origin is obscure; auge, trough, from
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Lat. augere, to increase, and an Arabic astrological word for the " highest point." have been suggested as derivations)
, a
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term applied in architecture to the diagonal ribs of a vault .

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