Six initially dubious etymologies dictionary recorded (7)

I believe the answer is:

videoed

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'recorded' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are past participle verbs.
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'six initially dubious etymologies dictionary' is the wordplay.
'six' becomes 'VI' (Roman numerals).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'dictionary' becomes 'OED' (Oxford English Dictionary).
The first letters of 'dubious etymologies' is 'de'.
'vi'+'de'+'oed'='VIDEOED'

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(Another definition for videoed that I've seen is " Filmed on tape".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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