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hallucinate

1 of 1verb
/həˈlusəneɪt/
Forms:hallucinates,hallucinating,hallucinated,hallucinated
1

to see or experience something that is not present or real, often involving vivid and imagined sensations

  • In extreme fatigue, people may begin to hallucinate and see things that aren't there.
  • Certain medications can cause individuals to hallucinate and have unusual sensory experiences.
  • He claimed to have been so thirsty in the desert that he started to hallucinate mirages.
  • After the accident, he hallucinated strange shapes and colors as a result of the head injury.
  • In the dark room, he began hallucinating shadows and shapes that weren't actually there.