Strongly encourage (4)
I believe the answer is:
urge
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">strongly encourage</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 urge that I've seen before include "Advise strongly to press forward" , "Yen" , "Implore" , "Advise strongly or prod" , "Longing" .)