foliate: meaning and definitions

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What is foliate?

What is foliate?

  • Of or relating to leaves.
  • Shaped like a leaf.
  • Geology Foliated.
  • To hammer or cut (metal) into thin leaf or foil.
  • To coat (glass, for example) with metal foil.
  • To furnish or adorn with metal foil.
  • To separate into thin layers or laminae.
  • To decorate with foliage or foils: an arch that is foliated in the Gothic style.
  • To number the leaves of (a manuscript, for example).
  • To produce foliage.
  • To split into thin leaflike layers or folia.

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