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deliver

verb [T] (GIVE BIRTH)
 
 
/dɪˈlɪv.ər/ US  //

Definition

to (help) give birth to a baby: She delivered her third child at home. The baby was delivered by a midwife.formal The princess has been delivered of (= has given birth to) a healthy baby boy.BirthPregnancy
(Definition of deliver verb (GIVE BIRTH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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