Eastern fellow dined to rise (7)
I believe the answer is:
emanate
'rise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eastern fellow dined' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'dined' becomes 'ate'.
'e'+'man'+'ate'='EMANATE'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for emanate that I've seen before include "Come out (of source)" , "Issue or originate from manatee" , "Come forth" , "Issue or spread out from a source" , "Manatee (anag.)" .)