IBooks dictionary doesn't work

I thought about posting this in the iBooks forum, but it appears to be only for publishers of books, not for users of the app. (Which is dumb.)
Anyway, I noticed about a week ago that my dictionary no longer works in iBooks. When I highlight a word and tap "Define," it says "No definition found." No matter what word it is. The buttons for "Search Web" and "Search Wikipedia" work, but that's beside the point.
And it continues to happen - even after yesterday's iBooks upate that Apple released (which also didn't fix its excruciating slowness). This happens on any book. All other functionality works - highlighting, making a note, searching, etc.
Anyone else have this problem?

There is no on/off. To get the definition of a word it is necessary to double tap it to bring up the dialogue box. Selecting Define should enable the dictionary. If this is not happening try a reset is hold the power and home buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo apparently appears.

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