Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obstetricate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-stet-ri-cate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Some adviſe us to break the ſhells of Pines to facilitate their delivery, and I have eſſay'd it; but to my loſs; Nature does obſtetricate, and do that office of her ſelf when it is the beſt ſeaſon; [...]"
"Whatever its effect on the soldiers, Paul's sermon on Areopagus has not been forgotten in Mars Hill, Maine, where the town's other doctor wears a cross in his lapel and has personally been obstetricated twice"

Etymology

From obstetric + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

obstetricates (present, singular) obstetricating (participle, present) obstetricated (participle, past) obstetricated (past)

Questions

What does obstetricate mean?: To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife.
Where does obstetricate come from?: From obstetric + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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