Strictly speaking, the root of σοφῶν (which the inflected forms  σοφόντos, σοφόντι, σοφόντα …) is σοφόω. Present participle of a verb … to become clever or be clever or be skilled in a thing, to become wise or be wise

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sophont

You could use the root of Sophont, the greek Sophos (wise) as the root for that:
sophomorphize (to change into a sophont).

The other option might be to use the root of Sentient, if you don't mind merging latin with greek roots. so sentienmorphize. (to change into a feeling creature).

On 10/5/2023 7:15 PM, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> I have an article for a future issue of Freelance Traveller that uses
> the word "anthropomorphize". It's perfectly correct, but in context it
> is used not meaning "attributing human characteristics to an animal or
> object", but meaning "attributing the characteristics of a sophont to
> an animal or object". I'm willing to leave the word as-is, but if
> someone can come up with a different word, even a neologism, that
> better captures the generalized meaning, without relying on the Greek
> root _anthropos_, which technically means "man" (and excludes "woman"), I'd be appreciative.
>
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