beneficiate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of beneficiate
1870–75, < Spanish benefici ( ar ) to benefit, profit from (especially mining or farming) (verbal derivative of beneficio < Latin beneficium; see benefice) + -ate 1
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Most businessmen had never heard of the company and they were baffled by its purpose, which is to "beneficiate" an ore named taconite.
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