DEPLOY
deploy
(verb) place troops or weapons in battle formation
deploy
(verb) to distribute systematically or strategically; “The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deploy (third-person singular simple present deploys, present participle deploying, simple past and past participle deployed)
(transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
(transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
Noun
deploy (plural deploys)
(military, dated) deployment
Anagrams
• ployed, podley, polyed
Source: Wiktionary
De*ploy", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Deployed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deploying.] Etym: [F. déployer; pref. dé = dés (L. dis) + ployer,
equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display.]
(Mil.)
Definition: To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in
such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; --
the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of
battle.
De*ploy", De*ploy"ment, n. (Mil.)
Definition: The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order
to extend their front. -Wilhelm.
Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the
enemy are not suited to war.H.L. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition