personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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These are wicked Grecian spirits who are personating their gods and goddesses, their heroes and heroines.
From In Both Worlds by William Henry Holcombe