DEPLOYS

Verb

deploys

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy

Anagrams

• 'splodey, podleys

Source: Wiktionary


DEPLOY

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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