Usher \Ush"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ushered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.]

To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.

The stars that usher evening rose. --Milton.

The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. --Addison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)