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Tagine must be cooked for this purpose (6)

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I believe the answer is:

eating

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'this purpose' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'tagine must be cooked' is the wordplay.
'must be cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters processed or cooked into a new form).
'tagine' is an anagram of 'EATING'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eating that I've seen before include "Taking in solid food" , "Consuming food" , "Having supper?" , "Ingestion" , "Out to dinner?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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