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Webster 1913 Edition

Foliate

Fo′li-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
foliatus
leaved, leafy, fr.
folium
leaf. See
Foliage
.]
(Bot.)
Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
Foliate curve
.
(Geom.)
Same as
Folium
.

Fo′li-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foliated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Foliating
.]
1.
To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
Bacon.
2.
To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
as, to
foliate
a looking-glass
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foliate

FO'LIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. 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, &c.; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

FO'LIATE

,
Adj.
In botany, leafy; furnished with leaves; as a foliate stalk.

Definition 2024

foliate

foliate

English

Adjective

foliate ‎(comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate)

  1. of or relating to leaves
  2. shaped like a leaf
  3. (geology) foliated

Derived terms

Verb

foliate ‎(third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated)

  1. To form into leaves.
  2. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  3. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.
    to foliate a looking-glass‎

Translations

Latin

Adjective

foliāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of foliātus

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