deploy Copy link Outline 1. explĭco, ăvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (with pron. refl., or as pass.)2. expĕdio, 4 (to get troops in readiness for engagement) • deploy: milit. t. t.: 1. explĭco, ăvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (with pron. refl., or as pass.): the cavalry began to d. by troops, equites se turmatim ex. coeperunt, Caes.: also, explicare ordines, Liv. 2. expĕdio, 4 (to get troops in readiness for engagement): Caes. Phr.: with line of battle fully d.'d, acie aperta, Liv. 38, 41.