hallucinate

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/həˈluːsɪneɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/həˈlusəˌneɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hə lo̅o̅′sə nāt′)

Inflections of 'hallucinate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
hallucinates
v 3rd person singular
hallucinating
v pres p
hallucinated
v past
hallucinated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hal•lu•ci•nate /həˈlusəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [no object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
  1. Psychiatryto have hallucinations.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hal•lu•ci•nate  (hə lo̅o̅′sə nāt′),USA pronunciation v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. Psychiatryto have hallucinations.

v.t. 
  1. Psychiatryto affect with hallucinations.
  • Latin hallūcinātus, past participle of (h)allūcināri to wander in mind; see -ate1
  • 1595–1605
hal•lu′ci•na′tor, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hallucinate /həˈluːsɪˌneɪt/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to experience hallucinations
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ālūcinārī to wander in mind; compare Greek aluein to be distraughthalˈluciˌnator n
'hallucinate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hallucination - hallucinatory

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