Definition of powering:
(n) :
The ability to do or undergo something.
(n) :
(social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
(n) :
(countable) The ability to affect or influence.
(n) :
The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
(n) :
(metonymic, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
(n) :
(metonymic) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.