1. To coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass.
2. To decorate with leaves.
3. To grow leaves, as of plants.
4. To hammer into thin flat foils; of metal.
5. To number the pages of a book or manuscript; SYN. paginate.

ETYM Latin foliatus leaved, leafy, from folium leaf. Related to Foliage.
1. (Architecture) Ornamented with foliage or foils; SYN. foliated.
2. (Botany; often used as a combining form) Having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves.
3. (Especially of metamorphic rock) Having thin leaflike layers or strata; SYN. foliated.