1. likely to be remembered; important; significant   historic   historical   2. a trench round a castle, usually filled with water   moat   mote   3. introduction to a book or work of art; preface   foreword   forward   4. to make less severe or less intense   mitigate   militate   5. frank; artless; naive   ingenuous   ingenious   6. to urge action; to instigate   incite   insight   7. an African ape; largest of all apes   guerrilla   gorilla