Annuit cœptis is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The literal translation is " favors undertakings", from Latin annuo, and coeptum. Because of its context

E pluribus unum is a traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum which appear on the reverse of the Great Seal; its inclusion o