1V: What is Inquiry?

After my first inquiry class, I found myself asking what exactly is "Inquiry"...?! Obviously the word inquire instantly came to mind, but I knew there had to be a deeper meaning behind this word. As the next class came I realized that there was so much information being thrown at us, that it had to be something that was extremely confusing that some bored college professor came up with. As I picked up that eleven-hundred page Webster's Dictionary, I found myself rifling through thin-crinkly, easy-tearing paper; only to come to the simple definition of .... "the act of gathering or asking for information." Amazing.. So simple.