Ensure it will make you rapacious (8)

I believe the answer is:

esurient

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'rapacious' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'ensure it will make' is the wordplay.
'will make' is an anagram indicator.
'ensure'+'it'='ensureit'
'ensureit' anagrammed gives 'ESURIENT'.

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(Other definitions for esurient that I've seen before include "could eat a horse" , "Hungry; retinues (anag.)" , "Hungry, greedy" , "Greedy; ensure it (anag.)" , "Rapacious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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