SF Citations for OED

Full record for empathic adj.

Definition	having the ability of empathy (in the SF sense)
OED requirements	antedating 1959
Comment	Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a 1999 reprint of David Weber's "On Basilisk Station", and Michael Dolbear verified the cite in a 1994 printing. Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1990 reprint of Dan Simmons' "Hyperion". Christopher Davis submitted a cite from a reprint of James White's "Visitor At Large"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1959 first magazine appearance. Douglas Winston submitted a cite from an undated reprint of John DeChancie's 1983 "Starrigger". Douglas Winston submitted a 1976 cite from Colin Kapp's "The Survival Game". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1970 reprint of Anne McCaffrey's 1969 "The Partnered Ship". The OED has cites back to 1909 for the non-sf meaning.
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1967 P. K. Dick Faith of our Fathers in We can remember It for you Wholesale (1994) 273	He heard his voice, toneless, sounding the poverty of empathic emotionality so usual in Party circles.
1972 J. Blish Star Trek 8 117	The Argelian empathic contact, sir?
1992 P. David Imzadi v. 33	Betazoids walked a fine line between a desire for privacy and acceptance of its impossibility—for amidst an empathic society, privacy was at best a pretense and it was rude to pretend otherwise.
1993 D. Weber On Basilisk Station (1999) 8	'Cats rated a point-eight-three on the sentience scale, slightly above Beowulf's gremlins or Old Earth's dolphins, and they were empaths. Even now, no one had any idea how the empathic links worked, but separating one from its chosen companion caused it intense pain, and it had been established early on that those favored by a 'cat were measurably more stable than those without.
1995 Extrapolation Spring 9	This woman just happens to be a ‘female empathic mesomorph’.
1997 W. Shatner Avenger xxi. 169	Troi had been focusing her empathic ability on Chiton Kincaid, Stron, and his wife.
1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre xxviii. 335	He wanted there to be some way it would be caught up by Deanna's empathic ability and taken from him forever.