hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlü-sə-ˌnāt 
hallucinated; hallucinating
1
: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
2
: to perceive or experience as a hallucination
: to have hallucinations
Examples of hallucinate in a Sentence
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
The zaniness that made for their fourth victory of the season that was secured after they were tied or trailing in the seventh inning followed one of the strangest starts to a game that could be imagined or concocted or hallucinated.
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The actor makes the most of the material served to him on a silver platter, like berating Bart for his history of domestic violence or hallucinating his way through an infected gunshot wound.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
The zaniness that made for their fourth victory of the season that was secured after they were tied or trailing in the seventh inning followed one of the strangest starts to a game that could be imagined or concocted or hallucinated.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Recent research has shown that AI transcription systems can hallucinate during doctor-patient conversations, raising serious concerns about their reliability at scale.
—Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The actor makes the most of the material served to him on a silver platter, like berating Bart for his history of domestic violence or hallucinating his way through an infected gunshot wound.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallucinate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlüs-ə-ˌnāt
hallucinated; hallucinating
: to have hallucinations or experience as a hallucination
Medical Definition
hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
hə-ˈlüs-ᵊn-ˌāt
hallucinated; hallucinating
1
: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
the patient is not hallucinated
2
: to perceive or experience as a hallucination
may hallucinate monsters or attackers—M. J. Horowitz
M. J. Horowitz
: to have hallucinations
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