hallucinating

Variant of hallucinate

hallucinate definition

hal·lu·ci·nate (hə lo̵̅o̅′si nāt′)

transitive verb hallucinated -·nat′ed, hallucinating -·nat′·ing

  1. to cause to have hallucinations
  2. ☆ to perceive in a hallucination

Etymology: < L hallucinatus, pp. of hallucinari, to wander mentally, rave < Gr alyein, to be confused (+ ending after L vaticinari, to prophesy) < IE base *al-, to wander, be confused > L ambulare

intransitive verb

to have hallucinations

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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