† anthropoˈmorphose,v.Obs.rare—1. [f.Gr. ἀνθρωποµορϕό-ειν (see next) after metamorphose.] lit. To change into human shape. (In quot. wrongly used for, to change from human shape.) 1660Howell Parly of Beasts 3 (D.) Some of those human cretures that you have anthropomorphos'd and transform'd to brute animals