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"spirit" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often soul (4 letters).
Definitions
infuse with spirit
Word origin
From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spīrō (“to breathe, blow, respire”). In this sense, displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gāst), whence modern English ghost. Doublet of spiritus, spirytus, sprite, spright, and esprit.
Used in a sentence
“[…] a triumph of the spirit over the flesh.”
“A wandering spirit haunts the island.”
“He has seen spirits roam the house.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mood or ghost”6 letters
02“Inner feeling or ghost”6 letters
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