| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction.[Wordnet]
2. To reduce (ores).[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: beneficiating, beneficiated, beneficiates, beneficiater, beneficiaters, beneficiatingly and beneficiatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BENEFICIATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Etymology:Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, transitive verb. [from Spanish expression beneficiar to benefit, to work mines.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BENEFICIATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | To improve the grade by removing associated impurities; to upgrade. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
