1.  foliate(v = verb.creation) - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
is one way to forge, hammer
Derived forms noun foil₁, noun foliation₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  foliate(v = verb.creation) - decorate with leaves;
is one way to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
Derived forms noun foliage₂, noun foliation₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  foliate(v = verb.contact) - coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
is one way to coat, surface
Derived forms noun foil₁, noun foliation₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  foliate(v = verb.communication) page, paginate - number the pages of a book or manuscript;
is one way to number
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  foliate(v = verb.change) - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
is one way to develop, make grow
Derived forms noun foliage₁, noun foliation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

1.  foliate(a = adj.pert) foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"

2.  foliate(s = adj.all) - (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.  foliate(s = adj.all) foliaceous, foliated - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata;

   Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [1913 Webster]

1.  To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.  To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [1913 Webster]

foliate, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 leaflike.
2 having leaves.
3 (in comb.) having a specified number of leaflets (trifoliate).
--v.
1 intr. split into laminae.
2 tr. decorate (an arch or door-head) with foils.
3 tr. number leaves (not pages) of (a volume) consecutively.

Derivative:
foliation n.

Etymology:
L foliatus leaved f. folium leaf