2. Verb. (third-person singular of midwife) ¹
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Definition of Midwives
1. midwife [v] - See also: midwife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midwives
Literary usage of Midwives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"As a class, midwives were recognized in Egypt in the time of the Jewish captivity.
... Now in practically every European country midwives are under ..."
2. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by American Bible Society (1870)
"21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : and the people multiplied ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"THE proper instruction of midwives is a question which demands earnest consideration.
In America, where labour commands a high reward, the poorer classes ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"CONTROL OF midwives. j.—Are all her instruments and appliances obviously clean ?
6.—Has the Midwife disinfected herself and her instruments to the ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... II she planned the foundation of a corporation of skilled midwives and ...
by and for the maintenance of a Corporation of skilful midwives" (London, ..."
6. The Lancet (1898)
"The next reason he gives is that the Bill does not prohibit midwives registered
under it •from assuming the title of Licentiate in Midwifery. ..."
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