verb · transitive · rare

foliate

fol·i·ate

foliate · foliates · foliated · foliating

To add numbers to; also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of; to folio, to page,…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.

UK/ˈfəʊlieɪt/US/ˈfoʊliˌeɪt/

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)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.
(transitive)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
(transitive)To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
(intransitive)To split into layers or leaves.
grow leaves
(intransitive)Of a plant: to produce leaves.
decorate with leaves
(obsolete, transitive)To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet.
coat or back with metal foil