Encourage, Compel Someone to Do Something

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from La Bella Roma, Group 401, Puzzle 2 (Vatican City).

Question is: Encourage, Compel Someone to Do Something

and the answer is: MOTIVATE

Word Meaning:

MOTIVATE — (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.

Definitions from Wiktionary.