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Displayed by father with terrible dread (7)

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I believe the answer is:

paraded

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'displayed' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'father with terrible dread' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'dread' is an anagram of 'raded'.
'pa'+'raded'='PARADED'

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for paraded that I've seen before include "being put on show" , "Showed off in military style" .)

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