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Verb: anthropomorphise  ,an-thru-pu'mor,fIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: anthropomorphize)
  1. Ascribe human features to something
    "A forthcoming study looks at how consumers anthropomorphise products, endowing a car or a pair of shoes with human characteristics";
    - anthropomorphize

Derived forms: anthropomorphises, anthropomorphised, anthropomorphising

Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, impute

Encyclopedia: Anthropomorphise