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Helping it to rise, very into redefined purpose (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

supportive

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'rise very into redefined purpose' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'helping it' is the wordplay.
'helping' becomes 'support' (support is a kind of helping).
'it' becomes 'ive' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'support'+'ive'='SUPPORTIVE'

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for supportive that I've seen is " Providing help".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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