[Ads-l] "disappear" as a transitive verb

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)]

Septimus Piesse _Chymical, natural and physical magic: intended for the instruction and entertainment of juveniles during the holiday vacation_ 3rd Edition.  London:  Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865.  p. 94

"At the theatres these tables are sometimes set close up to a side scene, so that the person 'disappeared,' can be drawn out of the hiding-place, and hurried to a private box, where he fires off a pistol to denote his presence."


I'll note that transitive "disappear" is common in the conjuring literature -- magicians disappear things all the time.

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> Ben Zimmer mentioned in the thread from 2013 that the OED has
> transitive "disappear" from 1897. Here is an instance in 1895.

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