verb

hallucinate

to hallucinate

The high fever made him hallucinate.

The high fever made him hallucinate.

She started to hallucinate strange figures.

She started to hallucinate strange figures.

((to hallucinate)) to see things that are not there The high fever made him hallucinate.

((to hallucinate sth.)) to see (sth.) that is not there She started to hallucinate strange figures.

imagine, see things, fantasize

From Latin 'hallucinari', meaning 'to wander in the mind'.

Think of seeing things in a 'hall' that aren't really there. The 'lucin' part sounds a bit like 'illusion'.

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