I stumbled upon 死に至らしめました today and since 死に至る exists, at first I was trying
to understand the conjugation but then I saw that jisho consider it as a whole
verb or expression. There seems to be a couple of verbs having this suffix
like 懲らしめる or 成らしめる. Some are considered archaic and almost none are really
considered common. Assuming I didn't miss anything obvious, is this an old
form of conjugation?
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conjugations history suffixes
What is らしめる or rather (verb) + あしめる?
[しめる](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%97%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B/#jn-101074)
is a causative auxiliary verb. It derived from the archaic
[しむ](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009029.htm) and has somewhat
limited use.

Since it is a causative, 至らしめる can be written as 至らせる. That said, 死に至らしめる is
more like a fixed expression and probably more common than 死に至らせる.

Both 懲らしめる and 成らしめる similarly derived from 懲る (= modern 懲りる) + しめる/成る + しめる.
They are recognized almost as independent words
([懲らしめる](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%87%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%97%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B/#jn-82583)
has an entry in デジタル大辞泉; 成らしめる doesn't).
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