Gave energy to captive soldier, English revolutionary (7)
I believe the answer is:
powered
'gave energy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to consumption as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'captive soldier english revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'captive soldier' becomes 'pow' (I've seen this in another clue).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'revolutionary' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a communist).
'pow'+'e'+'red'='POWERED'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for powered that I've seen before include "Supplied with energy" , "Forcible" , "Wee drop (anag.)" , "Like anything with an engine" , "Fuelled" .)