Give a lift to visiting French student nurses (7)
I believe the answer is:
elevate
'give a lift to' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'visiting french student nurses' is the wordplay.
'visiting' becomes 'at'.
'french student' becomes 'eleve' ('student' in French).
'nurses' indicates putting letters inside (nurse can mean to hold onto or harbour).
'at' inserted within 'eleve' is 'ELEVATE'.
(Other definitions for elevate that I've seen before include "Lift up or ennoble" , "Hoist" , "Raise high or promote" , "'Raise, upgrade (7)'" , "Raise, exalt (in rank)" .)