Personification
Pronunciation : Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. personnification.]
Definition : 1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913