Provided a speech to read in assembly? (6)
I believe the answer is:
orated
'provided a speech' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'to read in assembly?' is the wordplay.
'in assembly?' is an anagram indicator (letters assembled differently).
'to'+'read'='toread'
'toread' anagrammed gives 'ORATED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orated that I've seen before include "Talked pompously" , "Spoke at length" , "Made speeches" , "made a speech" , "lectured" .)