† to-ˈreose, v. Obs.
[OE. to-hréosan, f. to-2 + hrēosan, reose (where see Forms).]
intr. To fall to pieces, fall into ruins; to decay.
| a 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xi. [xiii.] (1890) 48 Moniᵹe oðre ceastre tohrorene wæron. a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. xlix. (Napier) 263 Þonne bið..þa lichaman tohrorene and to duste ᵹewordene. c 1205 Lay. 9245 Al heo gunnen to-reosen. Ibid. 9426 Þus Port-chæstre to-ræs [c 1275 to-reos]. |