free-associate

Verb

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Verb (1)

  1. associate freely“Let's associate freely to bring up old memories”More general associate, tie in
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

free-associate intransitive verb

psychoanalysis to express one's thoughts, ideas, impressions, etc. in an unplanned and unstructured way, allowing each thought or idea to prompt recollection of the next one. It is a process used in psychotherapy. Syn. — associate freely.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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