Rose entangled date’s lace (9)

I believe the answer is:

escalated

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'rose' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'entangled date's lace' is the wordplay.
'entangled' indicates an anagram.
'dates'+'lace'='dateslace'
'dateslace' is an anagram of 'ESCALATED'.

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