free-associate

v. i.

1.

(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.

Verb

1.

free-associate - associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories"

associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, psychotherapy, relate, tie in