deploying

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deploying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deploy \De*ploy"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Deployed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Deploying.] [F. d['e]ployer; pref. d['e]? = d['e]s
     (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.
     [1913 Webster]