deploy

v. 1 spread out (troops) into a line ready for action. 2 use (arguments, forces, etc.) Effectively.  deployment n. [latin plico fold]

v. t. & i. 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.