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

5. grow leaves;

"the tree foliated in Spring"

1. ornamented with foliage or foils;

"foliate tracery"

"a foliated capital"

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