Thesaurus: foliate

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1. a. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
2. v. t. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
3. v. t. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
4. adj. ornamented with foliage or foils
5. adj. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
6. adj. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
7. v. hammer into thin flat foils
8. v. decorate with leaves
9. v. coat or back with metal foil
10. v. number the pages of a book or manuscript
11. v. grow leaves
12. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. 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.