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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harbor \Har"bor\ (h[aum]r"b[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Harbored} (-b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, noun] To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought); as, to harbor a grudge.
Any place that harbors men. --Shak.
The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. --Bp. Burnet.
Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. --Rowe.
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