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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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Screenwriter Steven Knight even has her stroll around with an imaginary character named Mandrax (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a TV reporter she’s hallucinated into existence in order to feel important.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Each is already deep in personal crisis: Esteban, who never got over his father abandoning him as a child, is hallucinating and suffering memory loss after decades of fighting; Andy is struggling to have a baby with his wife.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Daryl has the unpleasant task of taking down two people who aren’t hallucinating: Angus and Fiona, the Scottish couple, who turn on Daryl to take the gas masks and save themselves.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallucinate. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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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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