halve vs plicate

halve

verb
  • To make up half of. 

  • In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on. 

  • To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. 

  • To reduce to half the original amount. 

  • To divide into two halves. 

plicate

verb
  • To fold or pleat (usually used in passive). 

adj
  • Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated. 

How often have the words halve and plicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )