foliate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: fo=li=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

foliate, a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.].

 Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.  [1913 Webster]

Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.

foliate, v. t. 

•  To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

foliate, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 leaflike.
2 having leaves.
3 (in comb.) having a specified number of leaflets (trifoliate).
--v.
1 intr. split into laminae.
2 tr. decorate (an arch or door-head) with foils.
3 tr. number leaves (not pages) of (a volume) consecutively.

Derivative

foliation n.

Etymology

L foliatus leaved f. folium leaf