accouche

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child). dated,transitive
    — If a woman be accouched or die in the house of her parents, the parents are unclean for three days, and the brother for one.
  2. To give birth (to a child); (figuratively) to bring into the world. ambitransitive,dated
    — After the elaboration of a fact, the most magnificent in all its proportions and most complete in all its details; after accouching a monster such as the world never saw equalled in extent, a leviathan of a lie […]

词形变化

accouches present,singular,third-person accouching participle,present accouched participle,past accouched past

词源

A back-formation from accouchement, or else from French accoucher.
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