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midwife
[ mid-wahyf ]
noun
- a person trained to assist women in childbirth.
- a person or thing that produces or aids in producing something new or different.
verb (used with object)
- to assist in the birth of (a baby).
- to produce or aid in producing (something new):
to midwife a new generation of computers.
midwife
/ ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
noun
- a person qualified to deliver babies and to care for women before, during, and after childbirth
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of midwife1
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Example Sentences
The parents had chosen to give birth at home, with a certified professional midwife attending.
At the time of her arrival in 2011, many of the facilities in Liberia lacked even a single midwife, let alone trained OB/GYNs.
It means care with a mother-focused doctor or midwife, sometimes in a place other than a hospital.
Later on they came and said something else, but a midwife later told me the same [not to have more children].
Instead, he wound up being the midwife for the Soviet Union's demise.
In this case the midwife was afraid to go alone with her summoner, and begged that her husband might accompany her.
Conversely, when the midwife is rewarded with that which seems valuable it turns out worthless.
The quondam midwife, with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and blessed the moment she had done a generous act.
During this time,—from 1760 to 1775,—a Mrs. Peck was also known in the same town as an excellent midwife.
The midwife, without the ointment, is deceived like Thor by Utgard-Loki: nothing is as it appears to her.
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