deployed; deploying; deploys
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a: to extend (a military unit) especially in width
b : to place in battle formation or appropriate positions deploying troops to the region2
: to spread out, utilize, or arrange for a deliberate purpose : to move, spread out, or function while being deployed the troops deployed along the front the parachute failed to deploy Word HistoryEtymology
borrowed from French déployer "to unfurl, spread out, display, arrange for a purpose," going back to Old French despleier, desploier "to unfurl, set out to view" — more at display entry 1
First Known Use
1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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