Give incentive to (8)
I believe the answer is:
motivate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">give incentive to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for motivate that I've seen before include "Give an incentive for action" , "Stimulate to action" , "Induce" , "Stimulate the interest of" , "Prompt" .)