anthropomorphize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

anthropomorphize
    v 1: ascribe human features to something [syn:
         {anthropomorphize}, {anthropomorphise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Anthropomorphize \An`thro*po*mor"phize\, v. t. & i.
   To attribute a human form or personality to.
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         You may see imaginative children every day
         anthropomorphizing.                      --Lowell.
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