What is せる followed by suru-verbs?


> 専売特許に違背 **せる** 物品 infringements on patents
>
> 和英字書を編集 **せる** はヘボン博士をもって嚆矢とす。Dr. Hepburn was the first to compile a
> Japanese-English dictionary.

Is it する・す mizenkei followed by り rentaikei
([here](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/230313/m1u/%E3%82%8A/)), or
something else?




Yes, they're the 未然形 of す, followed by the 連体形 of the so-called
[完了の「り」](http://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009007.htm) in 文語. (It has
nothing to do with the causative auxiliary verb せる used today.)

In modern Japanese 口語,

  * 専売特許に違背せる物品 ≒ 専売特許に違反した物品
  * 和英字書を編集せるは… ≒ 和英辞書を編集した **の** は…

Also see [this chiebukuro
Q&A](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1411392644).




Yes, they're the 未然形 of す, followed by the 連体形 of the so-called
[完了の「り」](http://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009007.htm) in 文語. (It has
nothing to do with the causative auxiliary verb せる used today.)

In modern Japanese 口語,

  * 専売特許に違背せる物品 ≒ 専売特許に違反した物品
  * 和英字書を編集せるは… ≒ 和英辞書を編集した **の** は…

Also see [this chiebukuro
Q&A](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1411392644).

