Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beneficiate

1 sense of beneficiate

Sense 1
beneficiate -- (process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction)
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")