Dictionary entry

Obstetricate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ob‐stet″ri‐cate (ŏb‐stĕt″rĭ‐kāt), v. i. [L. obstetricatus, p. p. of obstetricare, fr. obstetrix.] To perform the office of midwife. “Nature does obstetricate.” Evelyn.