Having forgotten odd bits of Byron, lip-reads, inverting order (6)
I believe the answer is:
deploy
'order' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'having forgotten odd bits of byron lip-reads inverting' is the wordplay.
'having forgotten odd bits of' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'inverting' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'inverted' mean this).
'byron'+'lip'+'reads'='byronlipreads'
The alternating letters of 'byronlipreads' are 'yolped'.
'yolped' back-to-front is 'DEPLOY'.
(Other definitions for deploy that I've seen before include "redistribute in one area" , "Distribute strategically" , "Spread out and put in position" , "Spread out for battle" , "Make use of" .)