Definition of: foliate

(fō′lē·āt, -it) adjective
1. Having leaves; leafy; leaf–shaped.
2. Decorated with leaf–shaped ornaments; beaten into leaf.
—v. ·at·ed, ·at·ing v.t.
1. To beat or form into a leaf or thin plate, as gold.
2. To coat or back with metal foil.
3. To number the leaves of (a book).
4. Archit. To adorn or ornament with foils or foliage.
—v.i.
5. To split into leaves or laminae.
6. To put forth leaves. [<L foliatus leafy <folium a leaf]
—fo′li·at′ed adjective