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1. (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'"
    
2. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
   - foliated, foliaceous
    
3. (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils
   "foliate tracery";
   - foliated

1. Hammer into thin flat foils
   "foliate metal"
    
2. Decorate with leaves
    
3. Coat or back with metal foil
   "foliate glass"
    
4. Number the pages of a book or manuscript
   - paginate, page
    
5. Grow leaves
   "the tree foliated in Spring"

Derived forms: foliating, foliated, foliates

See also: bedded, leafy, stratified

Type of: adorn, beautify, coat, decorate, develop, embellish, forge, grace, hammer, make grow, number, ornament, surface

Encyclopedia: Foliate