ita te deus adjuvet
ita te Deus adjuvet (I-t[schwa] tee dee-[schwa]s aj-[schwa]-vet). [Latin] So help you God. • An old form of administering an oath in England, usu. in connection with other words, such as: Ita te Deus adjuvet, et sacrosancta Dei Evangelia (“So help you God, and God’s holy gospels”), and Ita te Deus adjuvet et omnes sancti (“So help you God and all the saints”).