hallucinate

hallucinate
hallucinate (v.) c.1600, "deceive," from L. alucinatus, later hallucinatus, pp. of alucinari "wander (in the mind), dream; talk unreasonably, ramble in thought," probably from Gk. alyein, Attic halyein "be distraught," probably related to alaomai "wander about" [Barnhart, Klein]. The Latin ending probably was influenced by vaticinari "to prophecy," also "to rave." Sense of "to have illusions" is from 1650s. Occasionally used 19c. in transitive senses, "to cause hallucination." Related: Hallucinated; hallucinating.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hallucinate — [v] imagine vividly blow one’s mind*, daydream, envision, fantasize, freak out*, have visions, head trip*, hear voices*, trip*, visualize; concept 34 Ant. experience …   New thesaurus

  • hallucinate — ► VERB ▪ experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present. DERIVATIVES hallucination noun hallucinator noun hallucinatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin hallucinari go astray in thought , from Greek alussein be uneasy or… …   English terms dictionary

  • hallucinate — [hə lo͞o′si nāt΄] vt. hallucinated, hallucinating [< 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… …   English World dictionary

  • hallucinate — [[t]həlu͟ːsɪneɪt[/t]] hallucinates, hallucinating, hallucinated VERB If you hallucinate, you see things that are not really there, either because you are ill or because you have taken a drug. Hunger made him hallucinate... [V n] If you stared… …   English dictionary

  • hallucinate — UK [həˈluːsɪneɪt] / US [həˈlus(ə)nˌeɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms hallucinate : present tense I/you/we/they hallucinate he/she/it hallucinates present participle hallucinating past tense hallucinated past participle hallucinated to see or… …   English dictionary

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  • hallucinate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin hallucinatus, past participle of hallucinari, allucinari to prate, dream, modification of Greek alyein to be distressed, to wander Date: circa 1834 transitive verb 1. to affect with visions or imaginary… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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