Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to midwife
Participle: midwifed
Gerund: midwifing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | midwife |
| you | midwife |
| he;she;it | midwifes |
| we | midwife |
| you | midwife |
| they | midwife |
Perfect
| I | have midwifed |
| you | have midwifed |
| he;she;it | has midwifed |
| we | have midwifed |
| you | have midwifed |
| they | have midwifed |
Past
| I | midwifed |
| you | midwifed |
| he;she;it | midwifed |
| we | midwifed |
| you | midwifed |
| they | midwifed |
Pluperfect
| I | had midwifed |
| you | had midwifed |
| he;she;it | had midwifed |
| we | had midwifed |
| you | had midwifed |
| they | had midwifed |
Future
| I | will midwife |
| you | will midwife |
| he;she;it | will midwife |
| we | will midwife |
| you | will midwife |
| they | will midwife |
Future Perfect
| I | will have midwifed |
| you | will have midwifed |
| he;she;it | will have midwifed |
| we | will have midwifed |
| you | will have midwifed |
| they | will have midwifed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | midwife |
| you | midwife |
| he;she;it | midwife |
| we | midwife |
| you | midwife |
| they | midwife |
Perfect
| I | have midwifed |
| you | have midwifed |
| he;she;it | have midwifed |
| we | have midwifed |
| you | have midwifed |
| they | have midwifed |
Imperfect
| I | midwifed |
| you | midwifed |
| he;she;it | midwifed |
| we | midwifed |
| you | midwifed |
| they | midwifed |
Pluperfect
| I | had midwifed |
| you | had midwifed |
| he;she;it | had midwifed |
| we | had midwifed |
| you | had midwifed |
| they | had midwifed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would midwife |
| you | would midwife |
| he;she;it | would midwife |
| we | would midwife |
| you | would midwife |
| they | would midwife |
Perfect
| I | would have midwifed |
| you | would have midwifed |
| he;she;it | would have midwifed |
| we | would have midwifed |
| you | would have midwifed |
| they | would have midwifed |
Imperative
| you | midwife |
| we | Let's midwife |
| you | midwife |
Verbs conjugated like 'midwife'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'midwife'
midwive,
mindwipe,
miswire,
dwine,
hotwife,
huswife,
medise,
medize,
middle,
minify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English midwif, corresponding to mid (“with”) + wif (“woman, wife, female”). It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).
Sample Sentences
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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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In the mid-1960s, Reichism was midwifed into reexistence by such stalwarts as William Schutz, Bernard Gunther, Charlotte Selver, Alexander Lowen, Ida Rolf, and many other exponents of human knead needs. [2013, Jon Carlson, William Knaus, Albert Ellis Revisited, →ISBN, page 288:]