herald

(her’ald),v. t. [ herald; from the noun.] To proclaim; give tidings of as a herald; announce. We are sent To give thee, from our royal master, thanks; Only to herald thee into his sight, not pay thee. Shak., Macbeth, i. 3. She smiled, but something in her smile Was like the heralding of tears, When lonely pain the grieved heart bears. William Morrés, Earthly Paradise, IT. 52.