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Webster 1913 Edition

Obstetricate

Ob-stet′ri-cate

(ŏb-stĕt′rĭ-kāt)
,
Verb.
I.
[L.
obstetricatus
, p. p. of
obstetricare
, fr.
obstetrix
.]
To perform the office of midwife.
[Obs.]
“Nature does obstetricate.”
Evelyn.

Ob-stet′ri-cate

,
Verb.
T.
To assist as a midwife.
[Obs.]
E. Waterhouse.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obstetricate

OBSTET'RICATE

,
Verb.
I.
[See Obstetric.] To perform the office of a midwife. [Little used.]

OBSTET'RICATE

,
Verb.
T.
To assist as a midwife. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

obstetricate

obstetricate

English

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.
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    • Evelyn
      Nature does obstetricate.

Latin

Verb

obstētrīcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of obstētrīcō

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