evolutility|iːˌvɒljuːˈtɪlɪtɪ| [f. L. ēvolūt- (ppl. stem of ēvolvĕre: see evolve. Cf.contractility.] ‘The faculty possessed by all substances which are capable of self-nourishment to manifest the nutritive acts by changes of form, or of volume, or of structure’ (Syd. Soc.Lex. 1884).