HALLUCINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hallucinate mean? 

• HALLUCINATE (verb)
  The verb HALLUCINATE has 1 sense:

1. perceive what is not there; have illusions

  Familiarity information: HALLUCINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALLUCINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hallucinate    ... he / she / it hallucinates   
Past simple: hallucinated   
Past participle: hallucinated   
-ing form: hallucinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perceive what is not there; have illusions

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "hallucinate" is one way to...):

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hallucination (an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode)

hallucination (a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea)

hallucination (illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder)

hallucinatory (characterized by or characteristic of hallucination)