stealthen

English

Etymology

From stealth +‎ -en.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, rare) To add stealth to; make stealthy
   • 2014, Astrid B. Boening, The Arab Spring:

     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 […]

   • 1875, Congressional Record, volume 3, part 15:

     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.