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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Mckinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
Beguines served their local communities by working in existing hospitals, acting as midwives, visiting the sick and the poor, taking in orphans and educating children.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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
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Noun
Chloe has also been training to be a midwife in Aylesbury.
—Mckinley Franklin, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
Beguines served their local communities by working in existing hospitals, acting as midwives, visiting the sick and the poor, taking in orphans and educating children.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
Verb
No, but Diesel has been midwifing this franchise for nearly as long.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midwife. Accessed 28 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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