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beneficiate

beneficiate verb: to reduce (ores or other raw materials).

Verb

beneficiate (third-person singular simple present beneficiates, present participle beneficiating, simple past and past participle beneficiated)

  1. (dated) To reduce (ores or other raw materials)
    • Also, Carrier (1979) has pointed out that it may be more efficient to beneficiate raw materials at the pit site so that only useful soil components need be transported some distance to the LMF.1980, “Appendix 5D”, in Robert A. Freitas, William P. Gilbreath, editors, Advanced Automation for Space Missions

Forms of beneficiate

third-person singular presentbeneficiates
present participlebeneficiating
past participlebeneficiated
pastbeneficiated

Origin of beneficiate

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

Questions about beneficiate

What does beneficiate mean?
Beneficiate means to reduce (ores or other raw materials).
What part of speech is beneficiate?
Beneficiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of beneficiate?
The past tense of beneficiate is beneficiated.

Words near beneficiate in the dictionary

  1. beneficials
  2. beneficiaries
  3. beneficiary
  4. beneficiaryship
  5. beneficiaryships
  6. beneficiate
  7. beneficiated
  8. beneficiates
  9. beneficiating
  10. beneficiation
  11. beneficiations

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