Permission taken by first lady; some doubts raised (6)
I believe the answer is:
evoked
'raised' is the definition.
('evoke' can be a synonym of 'raise')
'permission taken by first lady some doubts' is the wordplay.
'permission' becomes 'OK' (what is said to give permission).
'taken by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'lady' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before).
'some' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'doubts' is 'd'.
'eve' put next to 'd' is 'eved'.
'ok' put within 'eved' is 'EVOKED'.
(Other definitions for evoked that I've seen before include "Recalled" , "Called up or drew forth as from memory" , "Brought back" , "Drew forth, say memory" , "Conjured up in the mind" .)