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Definition of Foliate

1. Adjective. Ornamented with foliage or foils. "A foliated capital"

2. Verb. Hammer into thin flat foils. "Foliate metal"

3. Adjective. (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'"

4. Verb. Decorate with leaves.

5. Adjective. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata.

6. Verb. Coat or back with metal foil. "Foliate glass"

7. Verb. Number the pages of a book or manuscript.

8. Verb. Grow leaves. "The tree foliated in Spring"

Definition of Foliate

1. a. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

2. v. t. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

Definition of Foliate

1. Adjective. of or relating to leaves ¹

2. Adjective. shaped like a leaf ¹

3. Adjective. (geology) foliated ¹

4. Verb. To form into leaves. ¹

5. Verb. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. ¹

6. Verb. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foliate

1. to hammer into thin plates [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Foliate

1. 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. Origin: Foliated; Foliating. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. Same as Folium. Origin: L. Foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. Folium leaf. See Foliage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foliate

foley session foley sessions foleys folia folia cerebelli folia linguae foliaceous foliage foliage leaf foliage volume

foliaged foliagelike foliages folial foliar foliate (current term) foliate papillae foliated foliates foliating

foliation foliations foliature folic folic acid folic acid antagonist folic acid antagonists folic acid conjugate folic acid deaminase folic acid deficiency

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