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hallucinate

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Verb (intransitive)
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hal=lu=ci=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

hallucinatev. i. [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.].
  •  To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.  Byron.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To perceive a non-existent object or phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing something which in reality does not exist; to experience a hallucination{2}.  [PJC]
hallucinatev. t. 
     To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination{2}.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hallucinate, v.
1 tr. produce illusions in the mind of (a person).
2 intr. experience hallucinations.

Derivative
hallucinant adj. & n. hallucinator n.
Etymology
L (h)allucinari wander in mind f. Gk alusso be uneasy

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