Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to midwive
Participle: midwived
Gerund: midwiving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | midwive |
| you | midwive |
| he;she;it | midwives |
| we | midwive |
| you | midwive |
| they | midwive |
Perfect
| I | have midwived |
| you | have midwived |
| he;she;it | has midwived |
| we | have midwived |
| you | have midwived |
| they | have midwived |
Past
| I | midwived |
| you | midwived |
| he;she;it | midwived |
| we | midwived |
| you | midwived |
| they | midwived |
Pluperfect
| I | had midwived |
| you | had midwived |
| he;she;it | had midwived |
| we | had midwived |
| you | had midwived |
| they | had midwived |
Future
| I | will midwive |
| you | will midwive |
| he;she;it | will midwive |
| we | will midwive |
| you | will midwive |
| they | will midwive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have midwived |
| you | will have midwived |
| he;she;it | will have midwived |
| we | will have midwived |
| you | will have midwived |
| they | will have midwived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | midwive |
| you | midwive |
| he;she;it | midwive |
| we | midwive |
| you | midwive |
| they | midwive |
Perfect
| I | have midwived |
| you | have midwived |
| he;she;it | have midwived |
| we | have midwived |
| you | have midwived |
| they | have midwived |
Imperfect
| I | midwived |
| you | midwived |
| he;she;it | midwived |
| we | midwived |
| you | midwived |
| they | midwived |
Pluperfect
| I | had midwived |
| you | had midwived |
| he;she;it | had midwived |
| we | had midwived |
| you | had midwived |
| they | had midwived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would midwive |
| you | would midwive |
| he;she;it | would midwive |
| we | would midwive |
| you | would midwive |
| they | would midwive |
Perfect
| I | would have midwived |
| you | would have midwived |
| he;she;it | would have midwived |
| we | would have midwived |
| you | would have midwived |
| they | would have midwived |
Imperative
| you | midwive |
| we | Let's midwive |
| you | midwive |
Verbs conjugated like 'midwive'
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 'midwive'
midwife,
mindwipe,
misgive,
mislive,
miswire,
dislive,
dive,
drive,
dwine,
inhive,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *midwiven, *mydwyven, suggested by the verbal noun mydwyvyng (“midwivery”, literally “midwiving”).
Sample Sentences
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“Midwiving the relationship” is a descriptive term covering a variety of sensitive and often subtle techniques, interventions, and other actions and stances taken by the therapist in order to help the marital partners attempt the following: […] [1996, William C. Nichols, Treating People in Families, page 155:]
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He had midwived Inkatha and drafted most of the ANC's policy concerning it, and now at the meeting, he – rather than others who were senior to him – played the key role as Tambo's second. [2013, Mark Gevisser, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred:]
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Despite Richard's efforts to midwive his own narrative of legitimacy, the source of this legendary one cannot be controlled because it has moved from the mouths of nurses, midwives and gossips into the public domain. [2017, Caroline Bicks, Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare’s England, page 123:]