Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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