• verb:   grow leaves

  Example: "The tree foliated in Spring"

• verb:   number the pages of a book or manuscript
• verb:   coat or back with metal foil

  Example: "Foliate glass"

• verb:   decorate with leaves
• verb:   hammer into thin flat foils

  Example: "Foliate metal"

• adjective:   (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves

  Example: "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"

• adjective:   ornamented with foliage or foils

  Example: "Foliate tracery"

• adjective:   (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

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