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