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deploy

de·ploy [ di plóy ] (past and past participle de·ployed, present participle de·ploy·ing, 3rd person present singular de·ploys)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb ready military force: to position troops, weapons, or resources in a specific area in readiness for action, or take up position in this way

2. transitive verb use something: to put something to use

[15th century. Via French déployer< Latin displicare "unfold" < plicare "to fold"]

de·ploy·a·ble adjective
de·ploy·er noun
de·ploy·ment noun
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