Deploy /(?)/

De·ploy

Deploy

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Deployed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deploying

  1. 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. (Mil.)

deploy

v. t.
  1. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use.

Deploy

n.
  1. The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. (Mil.)
    Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.