obstetricare

obstetricare [LL] , to bring to birth, act as midwife to; b (w. ref. to Job xxvi 13); c (w. dir. obj., in quot. w. ref. to Exod. i 16). stera ‥ unde ‥ per compositionem hec obstetrix, -is, i. femina que steram tractat et inde ~o, -as Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 512; to be a medwyfe, ~are CathA.  b manus illa ‥ qua ~ante egressus est coluber tortuosus V. Har. 4 f. 7; s1239 ut ecclesie ~ante manu educatur colubris tortuosus (Lit. Papae) M. Par. Maj. III 605; ut ~ante manu per vinum et oleum contra vulnera et infirmitates educatur coluber tortuosus Gros. Templ. 6. 6; 1318 ~ante manu vestra ‥ ad deteccionem iniquitatis ‥ tortuosus coluber est eductus FormOx 31.  c ~o, ut in Exodo ‘quando ~abitis Ebreas’ Aldh. PR 132.