Remonsterate: verb. To turn someone or something into a monster
again, or, perhaps more typically, to restore their monstrous appearance. A
wonderful example of remonsterance is
when Una orders the disrobing of the false Duessa in Spenser’s Faerie Queene, exposing nether parts
that would not be appropriate to show on daytime television. Contrary to
popular belief, remonsterating does
not have to involve someone else; one can remonsterate
oneself, for example as a werewolf would (the voluntariness of such
transformation being of little importance).
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