Definitions for hallucinatehəˈlu səˌneɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hal•lu•ci•natehəˈlu səˌneɪt(v.)-nat•ed, -nat•ing.
(v.i.)to have hallucinations.
Category: Psychiatry
(v.t.)to affect with hallucinations.
Category: Psychiatry
to experience as a hallucination.
Origin of hallucinate:
1595–1605; < L (h)allūcinātus, ptp. of (h)allūcināri, (h)ālūcinārīto wander mentally, appar. < Gk alýein to be distraught, wander
hal•lu′ci•na`tor(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
hallucinate(verb)
perceive what is not there; have illusions
Wiktionary
hallucinate(Verb)
To imagine and dream unreal things. To have visions; To experience a hallucination.
Origin: From hallucinatus, hallucinari (to dream).
Webster Dictionary
Hallucinate(verb)
to wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes
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