Prō'sō-po-pē'ia, n.

(pē'yā), n. [Lat., Gr. προσωποποιΐα, from πρόσωπον, a face, a person, and ποιεῖν, to make; Fr. prosopopée.] (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings, or by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.