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 fo·li·ate /ˈfoliət, ˌet/
 (v.)打成箔;加葉飾;生葉

 fo·li·ate /ˈfolɪət, ˌet/ 形容詞
 葉狀的,具葉的

 Fo·li·ate a.  Bot. Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
 Foliate curve. Geom. Same as Folium.

 Fo·li·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating ]
 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
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 foliate
      adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
             foliated capital" [syn: foliated]
      2: (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf
         or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate'
         is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word
         `trifoliate'"
      3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
         or strata [syn: foliated, foliaceous]
      v 1: hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
      2: decorate with leaves
      3: coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
      4: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: paginate, page]
      5: grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"