Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. t. To assist in childbirth.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. i. To perform the office of midwife.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)