hallucinate
verb (used without object)
to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations.
hallucinated
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past participleof hallucinate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hallucinate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hallucinateverb (used without object)to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations.
Example Sentences
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In the banquet scene, a pig brought in on a spit and laid on the table was suddenly replaced by Banquo, hallucinated by Macbeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
One out of every five answers "contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information."
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
But Hancock’s declaration included three hallucinated references apparently generated by ChatGPT, the AI bot he had consulted while writing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Earlier this year, Apple suspended its Apple Intelligence news summary tool in the UK after it hallucinated false headlines and presented them as real news.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
In that state of hallucinated lucidity, not only did they see the images of their own dreams, but some saw the images dreamed by others.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
