apostrophise
/əˈpɑstrəfaɪz/
verb
- To address an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing as if it were present and could respond, especially in a speech or piece of writing.
- The speaker apostrophised the city, begging it to remember its history.
- In his poem, the author apostrophises the wind as a wild spirit.
- She often apostrophises her late grandmother when she feels lost.