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Webster 1913 Edition

Deploy

De-ploy′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deployed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deploying
.]
[F.
déployer
; pref.
dé[GREEK]
=
dés
(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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deploy

DEPLOY

,
Verb.
T.
To display; to open; to extend; a military term.

DEPLOY

,
Verb.
I.
To open; to extend; to form a more extended front or line.

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