What is the meaning of foliate?

verb

• Hammer into thin flat foils.
  • usage: "foliate metal"
• Decorate with leaves.
• Coat or back with metal foil.
  • usage: "foliate glass"
• Number the pages of a book or manuscript.
  • synonyms: paginate, page
• Grow leaves.
  • usage: "the tree foliated in Spring"

adjective

• Ornamented with foliage or foils.
  • usage: "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
  • synonyms: foliated
• Often used as a combining form. ( having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves)
  • usage: "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
• Especially of metamorphic rock. ( having thin leaflike layers or strata).
  • synonyms: foliated, foliaceous