free-associate vs colligate

free-associate and colligate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
free-associate	No	No	Yes	No
colligate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, colligate is a hypernym of free-associate; that is, colligate is a word with a broader meaning than free-associate:

Other hypernyms of free-associate include associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in.

free-associate (verb)	colligate (verb)
associate freely	consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
	make a logical or causal connection