anthropomorphize
Bonus: 50 Points!
[ANN-throh-poh-MOR-fize]
- v. To ascribe human characteristics to (an animal, plant, material object, etc)
It's hard not to anthropomorphize the bulldozers and dumptrucks at the construction site--they look so grumpy and move so slowly early in the morning. It's like they haven't had their coffee yet!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Wait... where's MY coffee?! This word may not be new to all of you, but it's so FUN!