Persuade to enter anew at last (7)
I believe the answer is:
entreat
'persuade' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'enter anew at last' is the wordplay.
'anew' is an anagram indicator.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'last' becomes 'at' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'enter' with letters rearranged gives 'entre'.
'entre'+'at'='ENTREAT'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entreat that I've seen before include "Pray" , "Ask (someone) earnestly" , "Ask (someone) anxiously" , "Beg earnestly, plead with" , "Sue" .)