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    foliate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word foliate

    Definition
    (verb) hammer into thin flat foils
    Example Sentence
    • foliate metal
    Definition
    (verb) decorate with leaves Definition
    (verb) coat or back with metal foil
    Example Sentence
    • foliate glass
    Definition
    (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript
    Synonyms : page , paginate
    Definition
    (verb) grow leaves
    Example Sentence
    • the tree foliated in Spring
    Definition
    (adj) ornamented with foliage or foils
    Synonyms : foliated
    Example Sentence
    • foliate tracery
    • a foliated capital
    Definition
    (adj) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
    Example Sentence
    • `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'
    Definition
    (adj) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
    Synonyms : foliaceous , foliated
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