English Explanatory Dictionary

beneficiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce (ores or other raw materials)

Word forms

beneficiate beneficiates beneficiating beneficiated

Etymology

From Spanish beneficiar (“to benefit, to work mines”).

Related words

beneficiation
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