Definition of Beneficiate

1. Verb. Process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction.

Category relationships: Metallurgy
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Beneficiation

Definition of Beneficiate

1. v. t. To reduce (ores).

Definition of Beneficiate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Beneficiate

1. To reduce (ores). Origin: Sp. Beneficiar to benefit, to work mines. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beneficiate

benefic
benefice
beneficed
beneficence
beneficences
beneficent
beneficential
beneficently
benefices
beneficial
beneficial owner
beneficially
beneficialness
beneficiaries
beneficiary
beneficiate (current term)
beneficiated
beneficiates
beneficiating
beneficiation
beneficiations
beneficient
beneficing
beneficium ordinis seu excussionis
benefit
benefit album
benefit concert
benefit of clergy
benefit of the doubt
benefit tourism

Literary usage of Beneficiate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Synopsis of the Moral Theology of Peter Dens: As Prepared for the Use of by Pierre Dens (1856)
"Hence, observe that the obligation of the beneficiate to recite the Canonical ... The amount which the negligent beneficiate is obliged to pay has been ..."

2. Details of Cyanide Practice by Herbert Ashton Megraw (1914)
"It would, of course, be impossible for a mill of this kind to beneficiate ores at a cost comparable to that attained in modern mills, but it may be said ..."

3. Technological Challenges posed By Sustainable Development: The mineral by Roberto Cerrini Villas Boas, Lélio Fellows Filho (2000)
"RECOMMENDATIONS That he following institutions be involved in future workshops so that they can beneficiate from the experiences of other countries. ..."

4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1920)
"Our aim has been so to beneficiate the material entering our plant that it may be of increased economic value when it leaves the plant. ..."

5. The Mining Magazine (1853)
"... so as to enable it to beneficiate large quantities of every kind of ore, and by finishing the new shaft in the mine, a mining district will be created ..."

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