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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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