BENEFICIATE

beneficiate

(verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

beneficiate (third-person singular simple present beneficiates, present participle beneficiating, simple past and past participle beneficiated)

(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).

Source: Wiktionary


Ben`e*fi"ci*ate, v. t. Etym: [Sp. beneficiar to benefit, to work mines.] (Mining)

Definition: To reduce (ores).

– Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion (n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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