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hallucinate
[ huh-loo-suh-neyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations:
People who ingested this fungus often hallucinated, seeing colored lights or hearing voices.
- Computers, Digital Technology. (of a machine learning program) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.
verb (used with object)
- to see or hear (things that do not exist outside the mind); have hallucinations about:
In dramatic moments, the character hallucinates a very funny animated bear.
- Archaic. to affect with hallucinations.
hallucinate
/ həˈluːsɪˌneɪt /
verb
- intr to experience hallucinations
Derived Forms
- halˈluciˌnator, noun
Other Words From
- hal·lu·ci·na·tor noun
- non·hal·lu·ci·nat·ed adjective
- un·hal·lu·ci·nat·ed adjective
- un·hal·lu·ci·nat·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of hallucinate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hallucinate1
Example Sentences
You could even say that we’re all hallucinating all the time.
That weekend, she started hallucinating, a symptom of her fever and lowered oxygen levels.
Maki continues to hallucinate and babble about his favorite football players, or a scene from a Batman movie, said Reed, his father.
I’m convinced he’s hallucinating, but then I see them, too, telephone lines looping from the rim toward the corridor trails.
I picked up a fancy chicken from the farmers market and thought I was hallucinating when I saw the $37 price tag.
The episode then dives into A Christmas Carol territory as Oliver starts to hallucinate.
One night, while looking in the mirror he began to hallucinate that he could not see his flesh or his bones.
A placard that is to have effect at some distance must be in glaring colours; pathos calls for images that hallucinate.
I recognise no obligation to reason with such hallucinate mortals; I simply treat them with ridicule.
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