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Incorporated different diet when encouraged (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incited

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'encouraged' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'incorporated different diet' is the wordplay.
'incorporated' becomes 'inc'.
'different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'diet' anagrammed gives 'ited'.
'inc'+'ited'='INCITED'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for incited that I've seen before include "Encouraged, stirred up" , "Egged on to action as in edict" , "Goaded into action" , "Provoked and urged on" , "was much encouraged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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