hallucinate

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hallucinate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hallucinate \hal*lu"ci*nate\ (h[a^]l*l[=u]"s[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
     To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination[2].
     [PJC]

  Hallucinate \Hal*lu"ci*nate\ (h[a^]l*l[=u]"s[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i.
     [L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari,
     alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.]
     1. To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of
        mental processes. [R.] --Byron.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: 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]

hallucinate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hallucinate
      v 1: perceive what is not there; have illusions