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Midwive

Midwive \Mid"wive`\ (m[i^]d"w[imac]v`), v. t. To midwife. [Obs.]

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midwive

vb. (obsolete form of midwife English)

Usage examples of "midwive".

The five Skraelings who had midwived Gorgrael's terrible delivery had brought him back to their burrow in the northern tundra, had somehow managed to feed him until he was able to crawl out of the burrow and forage in the snow, catching first small insects, then the white mice of the northern wastes, then finally the small mammals, hot and juicy, that fed his growing flesh and provided the stiff furs that kept him warm at night.

And there, midwived by elves and leprechauns, she birthed a beautiful, laughing, part-elven child.

Reverend McCracken had come and baptized the baby, and a day later Mary Dodge came, who even at that time had midwived over a hundred babies, and Norman took Ettie down the hill to see Frank Child's new boat and although she could barely walk, Ettie went with no complaint, although she had stopped in the door to look back at Mary Dodge, who was sitting calmly by the idiot baby's crib and knitting.