3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: foliate adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: {foliated}] 2: (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'" 3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: {foliated}, {foliaceous}] v 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 [syn: {paginate}, {page}] 5: grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
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