Starts afresh to give engineers information (6)
I believe the answer is:
renews
'starts afresh' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'give engineers information' is the wordplay.
'give' says to put letters next to each other.
'engineers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'information' becomes 'news' (news is a kind of information).
're'+'news' is 'RENEWS'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renews that I've seen before include "Makes born again" , "Makes whole" , "Recommences" , "Establishes again" , "Refreshes" .)