incarnate
adjective
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Last week, when his "farewell" tour opened to packed, enthusiastic houses on Broadway, he was incarnating the King for the 4,434th time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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