deploy

de-ploy · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To move troops or equipment into position for military action.

  2. 2.

    To bring into effective action; to utilize.

  3. 3.

    (computing) To install and make available for use.

Related words

Antonyms: recall, retract, withdraw
See also: deployed, deployment, position
Synonyms: position, station, use, utilize

Etymology

From French deployer (to unfold, display), from Old French desploier, from Latin displicare (to scatter, unfold), from dis- (apart) + plicare (to fold). First recorded in English in the late 18th century.