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hallucinate

[huh-loo-suh-neyt]

verb (used without object)

hallucinated, hallucinating 
  1. to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations.

    People who ingested this fungus often hallucinated, seeing colored lights or hearing voices.

  2. Computers, Digital Technology.(of a machine learning program) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.



verb (used with object)

hallucinated, hallucinating 
  1. to see or hear (things that do not exist outside the mind); have hallucinations about.

    In dramatic moments, the character hallucinates a very funny animated bear.

  2. Archaic.to affect with hallucinations.

hallucinate

/ əˈːɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. (intr) to experience hallucinations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • hallucinator noun
  • nonhallucinated adjective
  • unhallucinated adjective
  • unhallucinating adjective
  • 󲹱ˈܳˌԲٴǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hallucinate1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin 󲹱ūٳܲ “wandered mentally” past participle of 󲹱ūī, variant of ()ūī “to dream, talk idly, wander mentally”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hallucinate1

C17: from Latin ūī to wander in mind; compare Greek aluein to be distraught
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Amazingly, in some 30 cases involving lawyers the AI-generated errors were discovered or were in documents filed as recently as this year, long after the tendency of AI bots to “hallucinate” became evident.

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Along the way toenails have fallen off, his feet began rotting and he sometimes hallucinated due to broken sleep caused by pain in his bones.

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One is that they sometimes invent information - a failing known as "hallucinating".

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Earlier this year, Apple suspended its Apple Intelligence news summary tool in the UK after it hallucinated false headlines and presented them as real news.

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He was treated with potent steroids and “hallucinated the entire season,” Bernad said.

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