foliate

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Synonyms: foliage, folate, filiate, folinate

Antonyms: foliage, folate, filiate, folinate

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Adjective

1. Of or relating to leaves.
2. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
3. Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
4. Of a plant: having leaves.
5. Of a plant: having leaves.
6. Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
7. Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
8. In the form of a foil or thin sheet.
   • foliate gold

Noun

1. A logocyclic curve.

Verb

1. To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
   • to foliate a looking-glass
2. To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
3. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
   • to foliate a looking-glass
4. To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
5. To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet.
6. To split into layers or leaves. Of a plant: to produce leaves.
7. To split into layers or leaves.
8. Of a plant: to produce leaves.

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