Evolutility

Evolutility Ev`o*lu*til"i*ty ([e^]v`[-o]*l[-u]*t[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [See {Evolution}.] (Biol.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure. --Syd. Soc. Lex. [1913 Webster]