[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

foliate \fo"liate\, 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
see also:
foliated foliating 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

foliate \fo"liate\, 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
see also:
foliage foliate curve folium 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"
see also:
foliated foliaceous paginate page 

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