Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maieutic \Ma*ieu"tic\, Maieutical \Ma*ieu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
   fr. ? midwife.]
   1. Serving to assist childbirth. --Cudworth.

   2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and
      interpretation of thoughts or language. --Payne.