FO'LIATE, verb transitive [Latin foliatus, from folium, a leaf. Gr.] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate or lamin. 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver, etc.; as, to foliate a looking-glass. FO'LIATE, adjective In botany, leafy; furnished with leaves; as a foliate stalk.
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