'Beneficiate' definitions:
Definition of 'beneficiate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction
Definition of 'Beneficiate'
From: GCIDE
- Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit, to work mines.] (Mining) To reduce (ores). -- {Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion} (?), n. [1913 Webster]