infoliate

English edit

Etymology edit

From in- (“in”) + Latin folium (“leaf”).

Verb edit

infoliate (third-person singular simple present infoliates, present participle infoliating, simple past and past participle infoliated)

(transitive) To cover or spread with, or as if with, leaves.
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
  Long may his fruitfull Vine infoliate and clasp about him with embracements of Princely love

Adjective edit

infoliate (not comparable)

infoliated

References edit

“infoliate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.