1
: a person who assists women in childbirth compare nurse-midwife
2
: one that helps to produce or bring forth something
midwifed
ˈmid-ˌwīft 
or midwived
ˈmid-ˌwīvd
; midwifing
ˈmid-ˌwī-fiŋ
or midwiving
ˈmid-ˌwī-viŋ
or midwived
ˈmid-ˌwīvd
; midwifing
ˈmid-ˌwī-fiŋ
or midwiving
ˈmid-ˌwī-viŋ
: to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about
Examples of midwife in a Sentence
Noun
a trained and certified midwife
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The midwife and paramedics arrived shortly to make sure the mother and child were okay.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
India’s private sector still bears the stigma of having been midwifed under the license raj, an era in which corruption was pervasive.
—Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Noun
Pugh, in particular, took every opportunity to consult with the midwife and delve into what her character would be experiencing.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
The midwife and paramedics arrived shortly to make sure the mother and child were okay.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
Other execs who midwifed Saturday Night Live (according to the oral history Live From New York) include manager Bernie Brillstein, former NBC president Fred Silverman, and former NBC chairman and Mary Tyler Moore husband Grant Tinker.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
India’s private sector still bears the stigma of having been midwifed under the license raj, an era in which corruption was pervasive.
—Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midwife. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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midwife
noun
mid·wife
ˈmid-ˌwīf
: a person who assists women in childbirth see nurse-midwife
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