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foliate

v.
US //ˈfoʊɫiˌeɪt// UK //fˈəʊlɪˌeɪt// fo·li·ate Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)).

Etymology 2

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to folia + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 3

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (more at etymology 1)

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