midwived

mid·wife

[mid-wahyf] noun, plural mid·wives [-wahyvz] , verb, mid·wifed or mid·wived, mid·wif·ing or mid·wiv·ing.
noun
1.
a person trained to assist women in childbirth.
2.
a person or thing that produces or aids in producing something new or different.
verb (used with object)
3.
to assist in the birth of (a baby).
4.
to produce or aid in producing (something new): to midwife a new generation of computers.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English midwif, equivalent to mid with, accompanying (Old English; compare meta-) + wif woman (Old English wīf; see wife)
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