"obstetricate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "obstetric + -ate",
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          "ref": "1986, John McPhee, Heirs of General Practice",
          "text": "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",
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        "To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife."
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        "(obsolete) To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife."
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  "word": "obstetricate"
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    {
      "form": "obstetricated",
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      "form": "obstetricated",
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        "(obsolete) To assist in the manner or as if in the manner of a midwife."
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  "word": "obstetricate"
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