Engineers use brain to expand city (8)

I believe the answer is:

urbanise

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'expand city' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'engineers use brain' is the wordplay.
'engineers' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'engineer' mean this).
'use'+'brain'='usebrain'
'usebrain' is an anagram of 'URBANISE'.

'to' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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