Went round the world, reportedly (7)
I believe the answer is:
whirled
'went round' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'the world reportedly' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'world' sounds like 'WHIRLED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for whirled that I've seen before include "quickly went" , "Turned in a spinning motion" , "Twizzled" , "Gyrated" , "Spun around" .)