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deploy verb & noun. L15.
[French deployer from Latin displicare unfold (later also, explain), also late Latin deplicare unfold, explain, from de-, dis- (see DE-) + plicare fold.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Unfold, display. Only in L15.
verb trans.
a. Military. Spread out (troops etc.) to form an extended line instead of a column; bring (armaments, men, etc.) into position for action. L18.
E. Heath We..deployed our guns on the hills close to Caen. D. Fraser The 18th Division was already deployed in Picardy.
b. gen. Bring into or position for effective action, make good use of. M19.
E. Bowen He was an excellent match, and..the cream of the young lady visitors..must have been deployed for him. M. Hunter The form of writing that best deploys his particular talent. H. Wilson The arguments he will be deploying.
verb intrans. Chiefly Military. (Of troops etc.) spread out in line; take up positions for action. L18.
R. Graves John's men..could not deploy, because of the narrowness of the defile.
b. noun. Military. The action or an act of deploying someone or something. L18.
deployment noun the action or an act of deploying someone or something; a force etc. deployed: L18.