: to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about
Example Sentences
Noun a trained and certified midwife
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
When an obstetrician or midwife cuts the umbilical cord after a child is born, the room is filled with tense silence until the baby’s first cry is heard. Christopher Hartnick, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022 The clinic is bracing for the change by increasing its midwife resources, expanding the birth center and offering gender-affirming care. Kimberlee Kruesi, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2022 The clinic is bracing for the change by increasing its midwife resources, expanding the birth center, and offering gender-affirming care. Kimberlee Kruesi, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 The clinic is bracing for the change by increasing its midwife resources, expanding the birth center and offering gender-affirming care. Kimberlee Kruesi, ajc, 25 Aug. 2022 The clinic is bracing for the change by increasing its midwife resources, expanding the birth center and offering gender-affirming care.CBS News, 25 Aug. 2022 The titular character of the film, of which Variety is launching the trailer (watch above), is an Eritrean single mother living in Zurich who works in a hospital while studying to be a midwife. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 July 2022 Born into slavery in Texas, his ancestor was a midwife who lived to be 113 years old.New York Times, 17 June 2022 According to a GoFundMe campaign, Helen Rhodes, a midwife, was found unresponsive during the flight and was unable to be resuscitated. Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
Verb
In recent days, amid a rising impeachment furor, the White House has scrambled to midwife a compromise between ethanol advocates and the oil industry.Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English midwif, from mid with (from Old English) + wif woman