foliate adjective. ['fǝʊlɪǝt, -eɪt] E17.
[Latin foliatus leaved, from folium leaf: see -ATE².]
1. Of metal: beaten into foil. E17-E19.

2. Resembling a leaf; leaflike. M17.

3. Furnished with leaves. Also, decorated with representations of foliage. L17.

4. Botany. = FOLIOLATE. Cf. TRIFOLIATE. M19.

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foliate verb. ['fǝʊlɪeɪt] M17.
[from Latin folium leaf + -ATE³. With second part of sense 1 cf. medieval Latin foliare.]
1. verb trans. Apply foil or tin amalgam to (glass). Formerly also, beat (metal) into foil. M17.

2. verb intrans. Send out leaves. L18.
fig.:
■ A. Burgess These [euphemisms] are foliating like triffids.

3. verb intrans. Split into thin leaflike sheets or laminae. L18.

4. verb trans. Architecture. Decorate (an arch etc.) with foils or leaf shapes. E19.

5. verb trans. Mark the leaves of (a book or manuscript) with consecutive numbers. Cf. PAGINATE. M19.

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