foliate Definition

foliate
adj

1. Leaflike or having leaves.

verb foliated, foliating

1. To cover with leaf-metal or foils.
2. To hammer (metal) into thin sheets.
3. To mark the leaves or folios (not pages) of a book, etc with consecutive numbers. Compare paginate.
intr
4. Said of a plant: to grow leaves.
5. To decorate (especially Gothic architecture) with ornamental leaf carving.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin foliatus leafy.