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obstetricating

obstetricating is the present participle and gerund of obstetricate.

Meaning of obstetricate

Verb

obstetricate (third-person singular simple present obstetricates, present participle obstetricating, simple past and past participle obstetricated)

  1. (obsolete) To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife.
    • Some adviſe us to break the ſhells of Pines to facilitate their delivery, and I have eſſay'd it; but to my loſs; Nature does obſtetricate, and do that office of her ſelf when it is the beſt ſeaſon; [...]1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “. Chapter XXI. Of the Fir, Pine, Pinaster, Pitch-tree, &c..”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London...

Questions about obstetricating

What is obstetricating the present participle and gerund of?
Obstetricating is the present participle and gerund of obstetricate.

Words near obstetricating in the dictionary

  1. obstetrical toads
  2. obstetrically
  3. obstetricate
  4. obstetricated
  5. obstetricates
  6. obstetricating
  7. obstetrication
  8. obstetrician
  9. obstetrician-gynecologist
  10. obstetrician-gynecologists
  11. obstetricians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obstetricating (page history and authors); obstetricate (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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