deploy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deploy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deploy v place troops or weapons in battle formation to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deploy \Deploy"\, Deployment \Deploy"ment\, n. (Mil.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deploy \Deploy"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Deployed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploying}.] [F. d[82]ployer; pref. d[82][?] = d[82]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Display}.] (Mil.) 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.