spirit

The soul of a person or other creature.

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

[…] a triumph of the spirit over the flesh.

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

A wandering spirit haunts the island.

He has seen spirits roam the house.

Enthusiasm.

School spirit is at an all-time high.

The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity.

The manner or style of something.

In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document

To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.

I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.

When I was young and full of grace, I sprited a rattlesnake. When I was young, a fever fell my spirit; I will not tell. You're on your honor not to tell.

Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.

Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.

[H]e left behind many Officers and private Men, vvho novv ſpirit-up and aſſiſt thoſe obſtinate People to continue in their Rebellion.

Ellipsis of Holy Spirit.

Around us the history of the land has centred for thrice a hundred years; out of the nation's heart we have called all that was best to throttle and subdue all that was worst; fire and blood, prayer and sacrifice, have billowed over this people, and they have found peace only in the altars of the God of Right. Nor has our gift of the Spirit been merely passive.