A seed resown may be more contented (5)
I believe the answer is:
eased
'more contented' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with human feelings as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a seed resown may' is the wordplay.
'a seed' can be anagrammed to 'EASED'.
But, I'm unsure how this is indicated.
'be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eased that I've seen before include "Made less stressful or difficult" , "Died down" , "relented" , "Relaxed" , "Slackened off" .)