Encourage another to breathe? (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspire
'encourage' is the definition.
(I know that inspire is a more specific form of the action encourage)
'another to breathe?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'another' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Stimulate into creative activity" , "Breathe in and infuse into the mind" , "Motivate" , "Uplift" , "Stimulate to creation" .)