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Deploy

De-ploy', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPLOYED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPLOYING.] [Fr. déployer, from dé, for des, equiv. to Lat. dis, and ployer, equiv. to plier, to fold, from Lat. plicare, to fold; Pr. desplegar, desplegar, despleiar; Sp. desplegar; Pg. despregar; It. dispiegare, spiegare. See PLICATION.] (Mil.) To open; to extend; to display; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

De-ploy', v. i.

verbintransitive

(Mil.) (a.) To form in line of battle from column. (b.) To take intervals as skirmishers.

De-ploy' or De-ploy'ment, n.

noun

n. (Mil.) (a.) The act of forming line of battle from column. (b.) The act of taking intervals as skirmishers.