accouche
/əˈkuːʃ/
accouche verb: to aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child).
Verb
accouche (third-person singular simple present accouches, present participle accouching, simple past and past participle accouched)
- To aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child).
- If a woman be accouched or die in the house of her parents, the parents are unclean for three days, and the brother for one.1815, Richard Hey, Some Principles of Civilization, page 252
- Every one recognises in the process of generation a certain amount of hereditariness […] nor (except in the Arabian Nights) do royal husbands believe that their princesses can be accouched of logs of wood.1850, John Simon, General Pathology, page 169
- To give birth (to a child); (figuratively) to bring into the world.
- After the elaboration of a fact, the most magnificent in all its proportions and most complete in all its details; after accouching a monster such as the world never saw equalled in extent, a leviathan of a lie […]1827 June, “Sir Jonah Barrington’s Personal Sketches of His Own Times”, in The London Magazine, volume 8, page 242
- that immortalized yet unborn Thane of Fife who, invulnerable to normally accouched swordsmen, laid on and slew Macbeth1930, George Bernard Shaw, Immaturity, page x
accouche meaning in Kannada
accouche in Kannada
- ಹೆರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಸು
Examples of accouche in a sentence
- Mothers are admitted to the Home prior to confinement, are accouched in the Maternity Ward of the Andressey Hospital, and are then re-admitted with their infants after confinement to the Girls’ Home.1952, Robert Mitchell, Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, County Borough of Burton upon Trent, page 7:
- The Sumu woman […] accouches in a corner of the hut, which has been screened off either with bark cloth or with thatch.1932, Eduard Conzemius, Ethnographical Survey of the Miskito and Sumu Indians of Honduras and Nicaragua, page 150:
Forms of accouche
| third-person singular present | accouches |
|---|---|
| present participle | accouching |
| past participle | accouched |
| past | accouched |
Origin of accouche
A back-formation from accouchement, or else from French accoucher.
Questions about accouche
- What does accouche mean?
- Accouche means to aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child).
- What is accouche in Kannada?
- Accouche in Kannada is ಹೆರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿಸು. See Accouche meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use accouche in a sentence?
- Mothers are admitted to the Home prior to confinement, are accouched in the Maternity Ward of the Andressey Hospital, and are then re-admitted with their infants after confinement to the Girls’ Home.
- What part of speech is accouche?
- Accouche is a verb.
- How do you pronounce accouche?
- Accouche is pronounced /əˈkuːʃ/.
- What is the past tense of accouche?
- The past tense of accouche is accouched.
Words near accouche in the dictionary
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