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midwived

Variant of midwife

noun pl. midwives

a person (now, esp., a specially trained nurse) whose work is helping women in childbirth

transitive verb midwifed or midwived, midwifing or midwiving

  1. to assist as a midwife in the birth of (a child)
  2. to help bring about or bring into being: to midwife a resolution to a conflict

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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