hallucinate

English

Etymology

From Latin hallucinatus, hallucinari (to dream).

Verb

hallucinate (third-person singular simple present hallucinates, present participle hallucinating, simple past and past participle hallucinated)

1. To imagine and dream unreal things. To have visions; To experience a hallucination.

Translations

to imagine and dream

• Afrikaans: hallusineer (af)
• Catalan: al·lucinar (ca)
• Finnish: hallusinoida, nähdä harhoja
• French: halluciner (fr)

• Portuguese: alucinar (pt)
• Sotho: phofa (st)
• Spanish: alucinar (es)
• Telugu: భ్రమించు (bhramiMchu), భ్రాంతి చెందు (bhraaMti cheMdu)

Derived terms

hallucination

hallucinative

hallucinatory

Related terms

hallucinant hallucinaut

hallucinogen hallucinogenic

hallucinosis

References

• “hallucinate” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.