Processed ounce, then shouted and cheered (10)
I believe the answer is:
encouraged
'cheered' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'processed ounce then shouted' is the wordplay.
'processed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'then' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shouted' becomes 'raged' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ounce' anagrammed gives 'encou'.
'encou'+'raged'='ENCOURAGED'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for encouraged that I've seen before include "Urged" , "helped" , "Heartened" , "Inspired with confidence" .)