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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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 20 June 2025
The midwife tells me July, should all continue to be well.
—Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The Minsk process, a slap-dash negotiation effort midwifed by Franco-German ambition, ensured that Ukraine’s status remained in limbo.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The midwives are seeing as much of the simple stuff as possible.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 20 June 2025
The midwife tells me July, should all continue to be well.
—Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Verb
Pasteur, Koch, Lister, Mendel, Curie, Fleming—the giants who midwifed modern medicine were not Americans but Europeans.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The Minsk process, a slap-dash negotiation effort midwifed by Franco-German ambition, ensured that Ukraine’s status remained in limbo.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midwife. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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midwife
noun
mid·wife
ˈmid-ˌwīf
: a person who assists women in childbirth see nurse-midwife
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