usher in (v.)

• announce
• antecede
• antedate
• anticipate
• broach
• christen
• establish
• float
• found
• front
• guide
• head
• herald
• inaugurate
• induct
• initiate
• install
• institute
• introduce
• launch
• lead
• originate
• outrank
• pioneer
• precede
• predate
• preexist
• proclaim
• raise
• rank
• rate