ushering

Verb

usher (third-person singular simple present ushers, present participle ushering, simple past and past participle ushered)

1. (transitive) To guide people to their seats.
   • Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC...
2. (transitive) To accompany or escort (someone).
   • [N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him who can[.]c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...
3. (figuratively, transitive) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
   • Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31
4. (figuratively, transitive) To lead or guide somewhere.
   • McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

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