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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
accouchement
    n 1: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the
         process of giving birth to a child [syn: childbirth,
         childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Accouchement \Ac*couche"ment\ (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to
   be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier
   orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare
   to lay, put, place. See Collate.]
   Delivery in childbed
   [1913 Webster]
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ACCOUCHEMENT. The act of giving birth to a child. It is frequently important
to prove the filiation of an individual; this may be done in several ways.
The fact of the accouchement may be proved by the direct testimony of one
who was present, as a physician, a midwife, or other person. 1 Bouv. Inst.
u. 314.
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