stealthen

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verb

To add stealth to; make stealthy

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbstealthen (third-person singular simple present stealthens, present participle stealthening, simple past and past participle stealthened)

present singular third person stealthens · participle present stealthening · participle past stealthened · past stealthened

  1. raretransitiveTo add stealth to; make stealthy

    It also recalls the Biblical story of David and Goliath when we hear of child-heroes destroying giant Soviet tanks with primitive weapons, their arms stealthened by righteousness of their cause.

    1875, Congressional Record, volume 3, part 15
    1 more example

    Islamic volunteer warriors, stealthened by their experience in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Chechnya, came to the assistance of the insurgents during the Syrian civil war to balance Iranian, Russian, and Lebanese Hezbollah assistance to the Al-Assad government […]

    2014, Astrid B. Boening, The Arab Spring

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“stealthen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealthen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stealthen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealthen.

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