'Foliate' definitions:

Definition of 'foliate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: foliate, foliated]
adjective
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
adjective
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]
verb
Hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
verb
Decorate with leaves
verb
Coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
verb
Number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: foliate, paginate, page]
verb
Grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"

Definition of 'Foliate'

From: GCIDE
  • Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [1913 Webster]
  • Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Foliate'

From: GCIDE
  • Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]
  • 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [1913 Webster]

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