Named Central Zealand by Tasman, The French disagreed initially (8)
I believe the answer is:
labelled
'named central zealand' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'tasman the french disagreed initially' is the wordplay.
'tasman' becomes 'label' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'disagreed' is 'd'.
'label'+'le'+'d'='LABELLED'
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for labelled that I've seen before include "Attached a tag to" , "Identified" , "Assigned a category" , "Described" , "Marked with a tag" .)