Strive to be like one friend possessing charisma (7)
I believe the answer is:
imitate
'strive to be' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'one friend possessing charisma' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend).
'possessing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'charisma' becomes 'it' ('it' can mean a special quality or charisma).
'mate' placed around 'it' is 'mitate'.
'i'+'mitate'='IMITATE'
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for imitate that I've seen before include "I tame it (anag)" , "Copy someone" , "Take as a model" , "Mimic or follow as a model" , "Copy (mannerisms)" .)