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hallucination

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hallucination XVII. — L. hallūcinātiō, -ōn-, late form of ālūcinātiō, f. ālūcinārī wander in thought or speech — Gr. alússein be distraught or ill at ease, with ending as in vāticinārī VATICINATE.

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