Ridiculed James, the first from Spain to order deer (6)
I believe the answer is:
jeered
'ridiculed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'james the first from spain to order deer' is the wordplay.
'the first' says to take the initial letters.
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'spain' becomes 'e' (abbreviation for Espana**).
'to order' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'james' is 'j'.
'deer' anagrammed gives 'ered'.
'j'+'e'+'ered'='JEERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jeered that I've seen before include "Mocked, derided" , "Laughed with derision" , "Ridiculed, sneered" , "Ridiculed, scorned" , "Did deride" .)