beneficiatev.
/bɛnɪˈfɪʃɪeɪt/ Mining.
transitive. To reduce (ores).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > extract from ore > smelt
try13..
smelt1543
run1650
reduce1666
eliquate1759
resmelt1804
beneficiate1873
1873 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1871–3 1 92 Such works as beneficiate ores directly in the mining districts.
Derivatives
beneˈficiating adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > smelting
beneficiating1883
1883 W. H. Bishop Old Mexico v. xviii. 238 His ancient beneficiating hacienda of Regla.
beneficiˈation n. the reduction of ores.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > extraction from ore > smelting
roastingc1350
reducing?a1425
smelting1531
trying1630
excoction1640
reduction1666
eliquation1741
roast1870
beneficiation1881
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 107 Beneficiation,..usually means the reduction of ores.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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