v. Obs. [f. Actæon, the mythological hunter turned into a stag by Diana, with a play upon his becoming ‘horned.’] To cuckold.
1615. Nichols, Disc. Marriage, xi., in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), III. 274. There are of opinion, that there is, in marriage, an inevitable destiny … which is either to be actæoned, or not to be.
a. 1658. Cleveland, Vit. Uxoris, x.
| And rahter then her pride give o’re, | |
| She’l turn perhaps an honour’d whore, | |
| And thou’lt Acteon’d be. |
