'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]