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Hallucinate

Definition:

(verb) To experience a perception of something that does not actually exist, typically as a result of a mental disorder, the effects of drugs, or extreme fatigue.

Senses:

Sense 1:

(intransitive verb) To perceive or see things that are not actually present; to have hallucinations.

Example sentences:

1. After staying up for days without sleep, he began to hallucinate, seeing shadows that weren't there.
2. The patient claimed to hallucinate seeing aliens in the room.

Sense 2:

(transitive verb) To cause someone to have hallucinations.

Example sentences:

1. The powerful drug can hallucinate users and immerse them in a world of illusions.
2. The hypnotist tried to hallucinate the subject by inducing a trance-like state.

Sense 3:

(informal verb) To imagine or believe in something that is not true; to delude oneself.

Example sentences:

1. Despite the evidence against it, he continued to hallucinate winning the lottery.
2. Don't hallucinate that your procrastination won't have consequences.