hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
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hallucinated;
hallucinating
Definition of hallucinate
1
: to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
2
: to perceive or experience as a hallucination
: to have hallucinations
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Other Words from hallucinate
hallucinator
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noun
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noun
Examples of hallucinate in a Sentence
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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That could be dangerous for consumers looking to relax, not hallucinate. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "How much pot in that brownie? Chocolate can throw off tests," 26 Aug. 2019 As her fever rose higher and higher, Marsha Engle-Reinecke began to hallucinate. — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, "As vaccine opposition grows, survivors of measles, mumps and rubella warn of lifelong effects, including vision loss, deafness: ‘How different my life would have been’," 19 July 2019 What keeps stochastic Turing patterns from constantly forming and causing us to constantly hallucinate? — Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine, "A Math Theory for Why People Hallucinate," 30 July 2018 In the most shocking moment from the entire episode, after hallucinating for like 45 straight minutes, Archie is found unresponsive by the park rangers who come to try to save him. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, ""Riverdale" Midseason Premiere's Most Shocking Moments," 17 Jan. 2019 Archie even hallucinated killing Hiram in the previous episode. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Who Shot Hiram? A Look at All of the Possible Suspects on "Riverdale"," 24 Jan. 2019 Now, again, Hiram could be celebrating his victory by getting high and hallucinating on fizzle rocks, but that just doesn’t seem his style. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Riverdale's Winter Finale Finally Solves the Gargoyle King Mystery," 13 Dec. 2018 Inmates who smoked the drug Monday started vomiting, hallucinating and having convulsions. — Fox News, "6 Florida inmates ill after smoking smuggled marijuana," 13 June 2018 In severe manic episodes, an individual might hallucinate and experience psychosis. — Jacqueline Andriakos, SELF, "This Is What a Bipolar Manic Episode Feels Like," 7 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hallucinate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for hallucinate
hallucinate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of hallucinate
: to see or sense something or someone that is not really there : to have hallucinations
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hallucinate
verb
hal·lu·ci·nate
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hallucinated;
hallucinating
Medical Definition of hallucinate
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
: to have hallucinations
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