Encourage neighbour to take English for university (4)
I believe the answer is:
abet
'encourage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'neighbour to take english for university' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'be' (being is a kind of taking) and 'be' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abet that I've seen before include "Support, aid" , "Assist illegally" , "Aid and help, perhaps in crime" , "Beat (anag.)" , "Aid in offence" .)