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Foliate

Foliate Meaning & Definition
Foliate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foliate?

[adj] (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
[adj] (botany; 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'"
[adj] (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
[v] grow leaves, as of plants
[v] number the pages of a book or manuscript
[v] coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass
[v] decorate with leaves
[v] hammer into thin flat foils; of metal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foliate: bedded | foliated | foliated | leafy | page | paginate | stratified

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See Also | adorn | beautify | coat | decorate | develop | embellish | forge | grace | hammer | make grow | number | ornament | surface

Foliate In Webster's Dictionary

\Fo"li*ate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See {Foliage}.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. {Foliate curve}. (Geom.) Same as {Folium}.
\Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foliating}.] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon. 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

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