foliate

foliate
    adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
           foliated capital" [syn: {foliate}, {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: {foliate}, {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: {foliate},
       {paginate}, {page}]
    5: grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
    

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.
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   2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
      as, to foliate a looking-glass.
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Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium
   leaf. See {Foliage}.] (Bot.)
   Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
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   {Foliate curve}. (Geom.) Same as {Folium}.
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