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Usage examples of annuit.

Throughout the seal the number thirteen is used thirteen times - in the number of stars, clouds around the stars, stripes, arrows, leaves and berries in the olive branches, feathers in the tail, layers of stones in the pyramid, number of letters in E Pluribus Unum and in Annuit Coeptus.

The Great Seal of the United States, reproduced on the dollar bill, also Includes two phrases of Latin: Annuit coeptis ("He has favored our undertakings) and Novus ordo seclorum ("A new order of the ages").

And the saying above, "Annuit Coeptis," means "He has smiled on our accomplishments" or "our activities.

And despite emphatic testimonials from Washington and other officers concerning his contribu­tion to the cause, eight years passed before an annuity was voted him in reward.

Charles Thomson, the perennial secretary of Congress, replaced Barton’s “Deo favente” with a motto borrowed from Virgil’s Aeneid— “Annuit coeptis” (“God has nodded at the undertaking”)—and another motto borrowed from Virgil’s Eclogues—”Novus ordo saeclorum” (“A new order of the ages is born”).

The King raised his mighty arms and shouted “Annuit coeptis” and we were off!

Charles Thomson, the perennial secretary of Congress, replaced Bartons Deo favente with a motto borrowed from Virgils Aeneid Annuit coeptis (God has nodded at the undertaking)and another motto borrowed from Virgils EcloguesNovus ordo saeclorum (A new order of the ages is born).