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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Midwife  \Mid"wife`\,  n.;  pl  {Midwives}.  [OE.  midwif,  fr  AS 
  mid  with  (akin  to  Gr  ?)  +  ?  woman,  wife.  Properly,  the  woman 
  or  wife  who  is  attendant  upon  a  woman  in  childbirth.  See 
  {Meta-},  and  {Wife}.] 
  A  woman  who  assists  other  women  in  childbirth;  a  female 
  practitioner  of  the  obstetric  art. 




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