Your compiler's Conservative, not Liberal, making charge (5)
I believe the answer is:
imbue
'charge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'your compiler's conservative not liberal' is the wordplay.
'your compiler's' becomes 'I'm' ('your compiler' refers to the crossword compiler).
'conservative' becomes 'blue' (I've seen this before).
'not' is a deletion indicator.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'blue' with 'l' taken out is 'bue'.
'im'+'bue'='IMBUE'
'making' is the link.
(Other definitions for imbue that I've seen before include "Inspire (with ideals)" , "Suffuse - soak" , "dye" , "Penetrate" , "Tinge deeply" .)