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Definition of hallucinate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hallucinate

verb

NAmE//həˈlusəˌneɪt//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hallucinate

he / she / it hallucinates

past simple hallucinated

-ing form hallucinating

to see or hear things that are not really there because of illness or drugs

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