She may raise people's spirits (6)
I believe the answer is:
medium
'raise people's spirits' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'she' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'she' could be 'edi' and 'edi' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'mum' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'may' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for medium that I've seen before include "Average; agency" , "Spirits of dead people are said to communicate through one" , "The middle between two extremes" , "Average, middling" , "The conductor of a siance" .)