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midwifing

midwifing is the present participle and gerund of midwife.

Meaning of midwife

Verb

midwife (third-person singular simple present midwifes, present participle midwifing, simple past and past participle midwifed)

  1. (transitive) To act as a midwife.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To facilitate the emergence of.
    • But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.2010 April 13, Thomas L. Friedman, “Attention: Baby on Board.”, in The New York Times

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Forms of midwifing

alternative formmidwiving

Questions about midwifing

What is midwifing the present participle and gerund of?
Midwifing is the present participle and gerund of midwife.

Words near midwifing in the dictionary

  1. midwife toads
  2. midwifed
  3. midwiferies
  4. midwifery
  5. midwifes
  6. midwifing
  7. midwifry
  8. midwing
  9. midwings
  10. midwinter
  11. midwinters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midwifing (page history and authors); midwife (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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