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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[unfold]] the rolls on [[which]] books were written; and so, to unrol, [[open]] for [[reading]], ἀν. [[βιβλίον]] Hdt.:— to [[undo]], [[open]], πύλας Eur.; ἀναπτύξας [[χέρας]] with [[arms]] [[outspread]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[unfold]], [[disclose]], [[reveal]], Lat. explicare, Trag.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as [[military]] [[term]], τὴν φάλαγγα ἀναπτ. to [[fold]] [[back]] the [[phalanx]], i. e. [[deepen]] it by wheeling men from [[both]] flanks to [[rear]], French replier, Xen.; but [[conversely]], τὸ [[κέρας]] ἀναπτ. to [[open]] out the [[wing]], i. e. [[extend]] the [[line]] by wheeling men from [[rear]] to [[front]], French deployer, Xen.