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stealthen en · VERB

Etymology

From stealth + -en.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To add stealth to; make stealthy
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

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stealthening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stealthened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stealthened Tense=Past lexicographic
stealthens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic