''Experto crede'' is a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

motto A motto (derived from the Latin , 'mutter', by way of Italian , 'word' or 'sentence') is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organisation. Mot ...

which means ''Trust in one experienced''; literally: "trust in the/an expert". It is usually used by an author as an aside to the reader, and may be loosely translated as: "trust me", "trust the expert", "believe one who has tried it", or "have faith in experience". When "''crede''" is followed by a personal name (e.g., ''crede'' John Smith), the expert in question is the name given. In the variant form ''experto credite'' it is a quotation from the ''

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(Book XI, line 283).

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*It is the official motto of the US Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing, which flies Air Force One and transports other senior leaders of the US government *"Experto Crede" is the name of Adéwalé's ship in the '' Assassin's Creed Rogue'' LC ''Freedom Cry''

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