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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foliate \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as to foliate a looking-glass. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foliate adj 1: (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: {foliated}] 2: (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'" 3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: {foliated}] v 1: hammer into thin flat foils; of metal 2: decorate with leaves 3: coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass 4: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: {paginate}] 5: grow leaves, as of plants
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