[mid.wife] n [ME midwif, fr. mid with (fr. OE) + wif woman] (14c) 1: a person who assists women in childbirth
2: one that helps to produce or bring forth something
[2]midwife vt mid.wifed or mid.wived ; mid.wif.ing or mid.wiv.ing (1638): to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about