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Hallucinate \Hal*lu"ci*nate\ (h[a^]l*l[=u]"s[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i.
[L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari,
alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.]
1. To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of
mental processes. [R.] --Byron.
[1913 Webster]

2. Specifically: To perceive a non-existent object or
phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing something
which in reality does not exist; to experience a
hallucination[2].
[PJC]


hallucinate \hal*lu"ci*nate\ (h[a^]l*l[=u]"s[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination[2].
[PJC]