Verb

To guide people to their seats.

* 1836 , , Sketches by Boz , "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."

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;

To accompany or escort (someone).

* 1898 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic , page 509

Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered .

(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.

* 1912 , Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750 , page 31

Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.

(figuratively) to lead or guide somewhere

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Verb

(en verb)

To pull toward without touching.

* Derham

All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.

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To arouse interest.

To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

* (John Milton)

Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.