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Raged, being terribly ardent (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranted

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'raged' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'terribly ardent' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'ardent' is an anagram of 'RANTED'.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ranted that I've seen before include "Talked wildly and angrily" , "Went off" , "Spoke wildly and incoherently" , "Talked wildly, harangued" , "Spoke wildly and foolishly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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