The phrase "associate more" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to make a connection or link between things or ideas. Example: "To fully understand the effects of climate change, we need to associate more the data on rising temperatures with the impact it has on wildlife habitats."
That's something I associate more with the 21st century than the 1970s.
Instinctively, it is the sort of thing that you might associate more with certain areas of the world.
Many Kashmiris associate more with Pakistan, a Muslim-majority Islamic republic, than with Hindu-majority India which is officially secular.
But a hobby is still something I associate more with my parents', or perhaps my children's, generation than with mine.
One character — an old-maid schoolteacher, played by the sterling Jayne Houdyshell — even speaks with a wistful poeticism that I associate more with Inge than with Foote.
"Monarchs represent, they work in charity, they are followed for their fashion — these are qualities that we culturally associate more with women".
Although most Somalis are desperate for an end to more than a decade of anarchy, they still associate more with clan than country.
While it is natural to associate more power with a sportier vehicle, the lighter four-cylinder model felt quicker to respond on twisting rural Virginia roads.
Some musicians had to be escorted off a plane recently for drunken behavior, which is something you associate more with rock musicians.
Before entering the store, it wouldn't have occurred to me to see a connection between Apple and Good Design, an industrial sensibility I associate more with I.B.M.
And on it, Mr. D'Onofrio takes the kind of command you associate more with a great stage performer than with a television series regular.
