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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. t.
To assist in childbirth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. i.
To perform the office of midwife.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, n.; pl {Midwives}. [OE. midwif, fr AS
mid with (akin to Gr ?) + ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman
or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See
{Meta-}, and {Wife}.]
A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female
practitioner of the obstetric art.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
midwife
n : a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn: {accoucheuse}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Midwife
The two midwives mentioned in Ex 1:15 were probably the
superintendents of the whole class.
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