stillborn

1. Lit .: Born lifele ; dead at the birth. "Many casualties were but matter of sense; as, whether a child were abortive or still - born ." -Graunt : Bills of Mor tality. 2. Fig .: Abortive, unsucce ful. *still-breeding, a. Continually propagating. *still-closing, a. Always uniting or coalescing again.