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



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