Complied with the order to prepare fresh dye (6)
I believe the answer is:
obeyed
'complied with' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the order to prepare fresh dye' is the wordplay.
'the order to prepare' becomes 'obe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fresh' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dye' anagrammed gives 'yed'.
'obe'+'yed'='OBEYED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obeyed that I've seen before include "Carried out orders" , "Compiled with directive" , "Complied with instructions" , "What "She" must be" , "toed the line" .)