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 transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.

* Shakespeare

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.

Air conveys''' sound; words '''convey ideas.

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

to convey''' an impression; to '''convey information

* John Locke

Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.

(legal) To transfer legal rights (to).

He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.

* Spenser

The Earl of Desmond secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.

(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.

* Shakespeare

I will convey the business as I shall find means.

(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.