Giving a thing, an animal or an abstract idea actions, feelings or speech proper to a person.
In Romeo and Juliet
Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, / And young affection gapes to be his heir
Desire "lies dying" and affection "yearns": human actions attributed to feelings. In this way the Chorus gives the new love a body and an impatience, as if it were eager to inherit.
Act II: The garden and the wedding, the Chorus
Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir
Act IV: The potion of apparent death, Capulet
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