foliate

(verb) hammer into thin flat foils. Example: "Foliate metal."

(verb) decorate with leaves.

(verb) coat or back with metal foil. Example: "Foliate glass."

(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript. Synonyms: paginate, page.

(verb) grow leaves. Example: "The tree foliated in spring."

(adj) ornamented with foliage or foils. Synonyms: foliated. Examples: "Foliate tracery." "A foliated capital."

(adj) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves. Example: "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'."

(adj) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata. Synonyms: foliated, foliaceous.