accouche means to aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
accouche is pronounced /əˈkuːʃ/.
verb
- To aid in an accouchement; to assist (a mother) in the birth (of a child).“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.”
- To give birth (to a child); (figuratively) to bring into the world.“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 […]”